Drehobl Art Glass Co

Specialties

Stained, leaded and antique glass panel restoration. Bungalow glass designs. Unique custom designs. Repairs to windows, panels and lamps. Please call to inquire about our availability to fabricate metal lamp designs. Glass slumping for antique lamps. Our glass inventory is over 100 years old.

History

Established in 1919.

Drehobl Art Glass Co. is in its 3^rd generation of operation. Chris Drehobl, the grandson of its founder Frank Drehobl Sr. and Rick Purro a long time employee of the company assumed ownership in 2005.

Frank Drehobl Sr. and his brother Joseph started as Drehobl Bothers Art Glass Co. in 1919. Frank had been foreman of the glaziers at Flanagan and Biedenweg Co. where he began as an apprentice in 1906. One of the early commissions of Drehobl Brothers was making stained glass windows for Seeburg player pianos. The Drehobl Art Glass Co. was also one of a handful of companies making the geometric windows for the famed Chicago bungalows that were were being built all over Chicago and its suburbs in the 1920s and 30s.

Drehobl Art Glass Co. is the oldest stained glass studio in Chicago and is an important part of the history of stained glass in this city.

Meet the Business Owner

Chris D.

Business Owner

Chris is the third generation of Drehobls to create some of Chicago’s finest windows for residences, churches and businesses across Illinois. His is one of the most trusted names in the stained glass industry and the Smith Museum of Stained Glass at the Navy Pier specifically mentions Drehobl Brothers Art Glass as one of the companies responsible for the stained glass renaissance in Chicago.