Peill+Putzler AH 140 Pendant Lamp

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Peill + Putzler AH 140 pendant lamp clear & opals glass lampshade conical chrome 1970s Germany Lemon Press

Peill + Putzler AH 140 pendant lamp paper label 1970s Germany Lemon Press

Peill+Putzler AH 140 Pendant Lamp – 1974 Catalogue Picture

Models on this page: 1149 & 1150.

Peill+Putzler AH 140 Pendant Lamp – 1974 Catalogue Picture

Models on this page: 1151, 1152,,1153 & 1154.
Model 1153 received an iF Design Award in 1974, in 1975 it was model 1153/R that received an award. You can find it over here on the iF Design Awards website.

Many thanks to Frank from nullviernull raum+kommunikation for the pictures. You can find his shop over here on Pamono.
Many thanks to Max from AfterMidnight for the catalogue pictures.

Materials: Hand-blown clear and white opal crystal glass lampshade. Conical chrome top. Some metal parts. Porcelain E27 socket.

Cord Length: 60 cm / 23.62’’

Height: 40 cm / 15.75”

Width: ∅ 35 cm / 13.77”

Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 150 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
No specific type of light bulb is required; different types can be used.

Period: 1960s, 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: To be appraised.

Manufacturer:Peill+Putzler, Düren, (West) Germany.

Other versions: This Peill+Putzler AH 140 pendant lamp exists in a few variations. The ones with the ribbed bottom are often named Lemon Press. The label is hard to read, but it is probably AH 140. In the catalogue from 1974 it is model 1150. Peill+Putzler changed numbers several times.

Peill+Putzler

Glashüttenwerk Peill und Sohn was founded in 1903 in Düren, Germany. In 1947, after the Second World War, the company merged with Putzler, whose origins go back to 1869, and continued under the name Peill+Putzler Glashüttenwerke. Over the following decades, Peill+Putzler developed into one of Germany’s best-known producers of glass and lighting. In its peak years, the company employed up to 1,500 people and was one of the largest employers in Düren.

The company worked with important designers such as Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Wilhelm Braun-Feldweg, Helmut Demary, Aloys Ferdinand Gangkofner, Horst Tüselmann, Dieter Sieger and others. Peill+Putzler became especially known for its high-quality glass production and for a wide range of modern lighting designs, many of which received iF Design Awards. Peill+Putzler received many design awards, not only for its lighting designs. Over the years, the company won 86 iF Design Awards.

Peill+Putzler also supplied glass components to other European lighting companies, including Raak, Philips, Müller & Zimmer and Van Doorn in the Netherlands, and Massive in Belgium. These lamps often combined Peill+Putzler glass with electrical parts made or specified by the companies under whose names they were sold.

In the mid-1990s, production was gradually moved from Düren to Slovenia, Poland and the Czech Republic. Only the trading of lamps and glass remained in Düren. Although the company was able to celebrate its 100th anniversary, insolvency proceedings followed in 2005.

For a number of years after that, the Peill+Putzler name continued to be used, including for Wagenfeld lighting marketed by the German company Paul Neuhaus. The former factory site in Düren, now known as Glashütte Düren, has since been converted into a multifunctional complex with various businesses and event spaces.

The Peill+Putzler name was revived again in recent years and is now used by Peill+Putzler Leuchten GmbH & Co. KG in Hemer, Germany. A new catalogue has been online since 2025, including reissues of some of the company’s best-known models, such as the Lido table lamp.