Pallme Family
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Pallme-Mahl clan (Business activity)
One of the most well-known classic crystal chandeliers is the famous "Maria Theresa" chandelier. This chandelier, first produced by Joseph Palme manufacture in 1746 for the Austrian Empress. When Joseph Palme died in 1747, his younger brother Christoph took over the family company and turned it into Christoph Pallme & Co. in 1751. As early in 1754 the palace of Turkish Sultan Oman III. was furnished with a Palme chandelier. In 1756 Palme crystal chandeliers from Bohemia were delivered to the court of the Russian Tsarina Elisabeth. During the years, the owner of the company were
In 1859 the company and its facilities were moved to Haida (North Bohemia).
Today, the palaces of the Sultans of Brunei, of the Kings of Saudi Arabia and of the Sheiks of the Gulf States are beautified by worlds-famous Palme (-Mahl) chandeliers. But Presidents also enjoy the sparkling sheen of Christoph Palme chandeliers, as for example in the White House in Washington, at Schloss Bellevue in Berlin and in many other European government buildings On the occasion of the 1929 world exposition in Barcelona the world's oldest crystal chandelier manufacturer Christoph Palme received special recognition: A gold medal for the finest chandelier. After the second world war the Palme chandelier manufacturers had to leave Bohemia. They established new manufacturing facilities in West Germany:
(Source: Members of the different Palme-Mahl families; Christoph Palme Leuchten, Reinbach;)
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