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Peill+Putzler Cube Table Lamp
Materials: Pressed moulded clear crystal bubble glass base & lampshade with 4 legs. White plastic and Bakelite E14 socket.
Height: 12,6 cm / 4.96”
Width: 12 x 12 cm / 4.72 x 4.72”
Electricity: 1 bulb E14, 1 x 40 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred. For this setup a clear light bulb was used.
Period: 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: To be appraised.
Manufacturer: Peill+Putzler, Düren, Germany.
Other versions: This Peill+Putzler cube table lamp exists also in a frosted version.
Peill+Putzler made several other lamps in this style.
These cube table lamps were also sold by the German company WILA and Müller & Zimmer.
This cube lamp is reminiscent of the cube lamp designed by Alessandro Mendini. His lamp is a bit bigger (16 cm / 6.29”), it has two light bulbs and it can be closed with a chrome decorative screw.
Almost every company produced glass cube lamps and they are often confused. Massive from Belgium has a glass cube lamp and it is mostly attributed to Peill+Putzler. An IKEA lamp is named Iviken. New glass cube lamps are made in China, and they are often sold as vintage lamps. Beware! Never buy al lamp with new wiring.
The most well known glass cubes glass maker is Poliarti from Italy. The cube lamps are a design of Albano Poli.
Peill+Putzler
Glashüttenwerk Peill und Sohn was founded in 1903 in Düren, a small town in (West) Germany. Peill und Sohn merged with Putzler (founded in 1869) in 1947 as a glassworks and lighting company, becoming Peill+Putzler Glashüttenwerke.
The company worked with important designers such as Wilhelm Wagenfeld, William Brown, Helmut Demary, Aloys Ferdinand Gangkofner, Horst Tüselmann, Dieter Sieger, Gerhard Beigel, and many others.
In the 1950s, around 1,500 people worked for the company. They also produced glass for other European lighting firms, such as Raak and Philips (The Netherlands) and Massive (Belgium), to name a few.
Peill+Putzler received many design awards, not only for lighting.
In 1995, production of glass and lighting moved to Slovenia, Poland, and the Czech Republic. Only the trading of lamps and glass remained in Düren. In 2005, one year after its 100th anniversary (2004), the company filed for bankruptcy.
In 2008, the name Peill+Putzler was reused for several years, including for the Wagenfeld lighting sold by the German lighting company Paul Neuhaus.
Today the former Peill+Putzler factory, now called Glashütte Düren, has been converted into various businesses and a conference centre.
Peill+Putzler was reactivated in 2022–23 and is now issued by Peill+Putzler Leuchten GmbH & Co. KG in Hemer, Germany, about 150 kilometres from Düren. Organizationally, the company is linked to IS Leuchten via the same address and managing director, Torsten Alberts. A new catalogue has been online since 2025, with several of the old icons, such as the Lido table lamp.
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iF-Design awards for Peill+Putzler
