Zeiss Ikon D3 Pendant Light, 1920s | Bauhaus Design by Adolf Meyer, Mirrored Glass, from a Dutch Monastery
Zeiss Ikon D3 Pendant Light, 1920s | Bauhaus Design by Adolf Meyer, Mirrored Glass, from a Dutch Monastery
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A Zeiss Ikon IK D3 pendant from the 1920s, designed by the Bauhaus architect Adolf Meyer, with a thick mirrored glass shade. It hung in the San Damiano monastery in ’s-Hertogenbosch until we salvaged it.
At a glance
| Manufacturer | Zeiss Ikon |
| Designer | Adolf Meyer |
| Model | IK D3 302-Nr 1 |
| Origin | Germany |
| Produced | 1920s |
| Provenance | San Damiano monastery, ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands |
| Shade | Thick mercury glass, mirrored inside |
| Condition | The shade was broken and has been glued; this is visible inside and out. Please look at the photos carefully |
| Finish | Restored and painted black |
| Wiring | Rewired |
| Dimensions | Ø 30 cm, height 42 cm |
| Shipping | Collection only, because of the fragile glass |
| Availability | One of one, once sold this exact piece will not return |
| Import duty | Payable by the buyer in their own country (outside the EU) |
The story
Adolf Meyer worked closely with Walter Gropius and taught at the Bauhaus. In the 1920s he designed a series of mirrored-glass lights for Zeiss Ikon that put Bauhaus principles into everyday lighting. This one spent decades in the San Damiano monastery in ’s-Hertogenbosch.
The restoration
We restored the lamp, painted it black and rewired it. The glass shade was broken at some point and has been glued; we chose to keep the original glass rather than replace it.
In your interior
For a designer interior, a restaurant, a shop or a monument restoration project, this is a piece of Bauhaus history with a known Dutch provenance.