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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 all the 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, 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.
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.
Peill+Putzler Futura Pendant Lamp – Company Labels & Logos
