Beautiful german chandelier. This chandelier was designed and manufactured in germany by peill & putzler during 1970s. “peill & putzler” original sticker label still shows on opaline glass. this chandelier is equipped with 1 light socket (e27). A professional electrician has checked and prepared the piece to operate in us, uk and eu. 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 glass works and lighting company and became peill + putzler glashüttenwerke. the company always worked with important designers such as wilhelm wagenfeld, william brown, helmut demary, aloys ferdinand gangkofner, horst tüselmann and many others. in the 1950s 1500 people were working for the company. They also produced glass for other light companies in europe, such as raak, amsterdam, the netherlands. in 1995 the production of glass and lighting moved to slovenia, poland and the czech republic. Only the trading of lamps en glass stayed in düren. 1 year after the 100th anniversary in 2004, bankruptcy was filed. in 2008 the name peill + putzler was re-used for several years for among others the wagenfeld lighting of the german lighting company of paul neuhaus. today the peill + putzler factory is called glashütte düren and is converted to many other businesses and conference centre. This piece has an attribution mark, i am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity issues arising from misattribution, up to 250v (europe/uk standard).the wiring of this item may be original and might need replacement, if not specified otherwise.