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Peill+Putzler Mainau Pendant Lamp
1976 – 1977 Catalogue Picture
Models on this page in the catalogue: 1370, 1731, 1372, 1373.
Peill+Putzler Mainau Pendant Lamp
1976 – 1977 Catalogue Picture
Slightly different form, but the same name, models: 1361, 1367, 1368, 1369.
Peill+Putzler Mainau Pendant Lamp
Materials: Crystal hand blown doublé glass in a bell form. Vanilla-yellow-beige coloured on the outside, white on the inside. Gold coloured plastic lamp holder with 3 brass ornamental ball screws. Bakelite E27 socket.
Cord Length: 80 cm / 31.49’’
Height: 34 cm / 13.38”
Width: ∅ 40 cm / 15.74”
Electricity: 1 bulb E27, 1 x 100 watt maximum, 110/220 volt.
Any type of light bulb can be used, not a specific one preferred. But an opal white or frosted bulb gives the most beautiful result.
Period: 1960s, 1970s – Mid-Century Modern.
Designer: To be appraised.
Manufacturer:Peill+Putzler, Düren, Germany.
Other versions: This Peill+Putzler Mainau pendant lamp was made in several colours. Peill+Putzler produced many lamps in this style, you can find several of them on this website.
This glasss lamp is made in the style of the plastic Cocoon lamps from the German company Goldkant Leuchten, or the Italian FLOS lamps designed by Achille Castiglioni. It looks like the glass was stretched around a metal frame. This lamp is also reminiscent of the lamps from the German company Ilka Plast from Walsrode. They made similar lamps to the Cocoon lamps, but made of tightly stretched, shiny plastic.
Vetro Doublé: an object made of two layers of glass normally of two different colours. In this case some type of yellow and white glass (on the inside).
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.
Links (external links open in a new window)
iF-Design awards for Peill+Putzler
Vintageinfo
Many thanks to Max from AfterMidnight for the catalogue pictures.
