Doria Crystal Glass Tubes Chandelier

 

Materials: Chromed metal (brass and iron), 27 embossed crystal glass tubes. 1 round embossed glass plate. Metal sockets.

Rod Length: 60 cm / 23.62”

Height: 13 cm / 5.11”

Width: ∅ 40 cm / 15.74”

Glass Tubes: 13 x 4 cm / 5.11 x 1.57”

Electricity: 6 bulbs E14, 6 x 40 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulbs with an E14 socket can be used, but clear ones are preferred for this type of lamps.

Period: 1960s, 1980s – Mid-Century Modern.

Designer: To be appraised.

Manufacturer: Doria-Werkstätten, Walter Donner GmbH & Co. KG, Fürth, Germany.

Other versions: These chandeliers were made in many forms and sizes since the 1960s until the 1980s. Also made as flush mounts, wall lamps, even as a table lamp. Slight variations in the glass parts. Often amber glass particles were added on the tubes. Also all made in brass.

Several chandeliers in this style won iF-Design Awards. The first one in 1968. The last one in 1980.

Doria-Werkstätten, Walter Donner GmbH & Co. KG was founded after the second World War in Fürth, near Nürnberg, Germany in 1948.

The company no longer exists. Doria was declared bankrupt in 1986.