Peill+Putzler Kibo Table Lamp

Peill + Putzler Kibo table lamp opal clear conical pyramid glass round mat chrome base 2000s Germany

Peill + Putzler Kibo table lamp opal clear conical pyramid glass round mat chrome base 2000s label

Peill+Putzler Kibo table lamp – 2014 catalogue picture

Peill+Putzler Dark 100 table lamp – 2014 catalogue picture

Materials: Hand blown clear and white opal conical crystal glass lampshade. Made in a pyramid or teepee tent form. Round mat chrome base. 3 chrome screws. Bakelite E27 socket.

Height: 32 cm / 12.59”

Width: ∅ 25 cm / 9.84”

Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 60 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred.

Period: 1990s, 2000s.

Designer: To be appraised.

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

Other versions: The Peill+Putzler Kibo table lamp exists in 3 sizes, this one is the biggest. The base was made in chrome, brushed aluminium, gold coloured brushed anodised aluminium and black anodised aluminium. The two other sizes can be found here on Vintageinfo. The Kibo was also made as a flush mount. The same glass was used for the Dark 100 table lamp, as you can see in the 2014 catalogue picture. It also exists without a clear dot at the top.

The Peill+Putzler Kibo table lamp received German design awards in 1992 and 1993.

A similar lamp was produced by the French company SCE, La Société centrale d’Eclairage. In 2019 it still was in production. It is made in the same way with a clear top. You can find the Teepee table lamp over here.

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.