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Peill+Putzler Futura Pendant Lamp
1977 – 1978 Catalogue Picture
On this page of the catalogue, models: 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068 in several sizes. Also table lamps model: 8034 and 8037 in several sizes. All made in clear and opal glass.
Peill+Putzler Futura Pendant Lamp
1979 Catalogue Picture
Futura lamps in topaz (smoked) glass named Futura Nerz.
Pendant lamps model: 51530, 51531 & 51532. Table lamps model: 58217, 58218 & 58219. Flush mount or wall lamps models 57910, 57191 & 57192.
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Many thanks to Max from AfterMidnight for the catalogue pictures.
Peill+Putzler Futura Pendant Lamp
Materials: Hand blown clear crystal embossed glass globe. Chromed metal (iron) lid in top. Small conical chrome tube. Aluminium reflector/decoration inside the globe. Metal E27 socket.
Cord Length: 60 cm / 23.62’’
Height: 21 cm / 8.26”
Width: ∅ 22 cm / 8.66”
Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 100 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, but preferably a silver cap light bulb.
Period: 1970s, 1980s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: Atelier Peill+Putzler.
Manufacturer: Peill+Putzler, Düren, (West) Germany.
Other versions: The Peill+Putzler Futura pendant lamp was also made in smoked “topaz” crystal glass with brass parts. Produced in several sizes. Made as a wall lamp, a flush mount and a table lamp.
This lamp and the other models of this pendant lamp: 1066, 1067, 1068 (different sizes) received an iF Design award in 1975.
Some vintage dealers say that this lamp is named “Anemone “. Others say that it is a Murano lamp designed by Toni Zuccheri, but it is only reminiscent. And some sellers say “Wave “, also a fabrication.
Often attributed to Koch + Lowy (Koch & Lowy) for the design. Koch + Lowy is an American lighting company and not a design team. They only sold this lamp and named it Maelstrom. They probably only used the Peill+Putzler glass, because the other parts are different, as you can see below in a catalogue picture. Koch + Lowy sold many European lamps made by Vistosi, Glashütte Limburg, Temde, Venini, Sothis, Luxus, Bag Turgi and several others.
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. The company received 86 iF Design awards.
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.
Peill+Putzler Futura Pendant Lamp
1977 – 1978 Catalogue Picture
On this page of the catalogue, models: 1063, 1064, 1065, 1067, in several sizes. Flush mounts or ceiling lamps models 7012, 7013, 7014, 7023, 7024, 7025, 8034, 8035, 8036. Table lamps model: 8037, 8038, 8039. All made in clear and opal glass.
Peill+Putzler Futura Pendant Lamp
1979 Catalogue Picture
On this page of the catalogue, model Futura Nerz. It appears in an interim catalogue with new models: Neuheiten. It is model: 51531. Thanks to this catalogue we can assume that the lamps with this type of glass date back to 1979 at the earliest.
Peill+Putzler Futura Pendant Lamp – Koch + Lowy Maelstrom Catalogue Picture
The metal parts of these lamps are different from the original Peill+Putzler ones. This may have been custom-made, or they may not have wanted to make them the same for other brands, for example. Koch + Lowy sold lamps from Peill+Putzler and several European brands. Prescolite, another American lighting company, also sold lamps from Peill+Putzler.
