Claudio Pellandini arrived in Mexico in 1860. Since 1893, in its showroom and store, at 2a. Calle de San Francisco No. 10, the Casa Pellandini used to sell: marble, bronze and terracotta sculptures; French and Mexican stained glass windows, lamps, Venetian mirrors, It employed approximately 200 people, and had 27 electric machines for beveling, grinding, engraving, and polishing glass. At the end of the 19th century, the French stained glass factory
Saint-Gobain named the Casa Pellandini its sole representative and depositary in the Mexican Republic. The high society of the
Porfiriato, partially Frenchified, liked to purchase the products that the Swiss Claudio Pellandini imported or manufactured. The
Mexican Revolution had no adverse effects on the operations of the prestigious company or on the marketing of luxury goods. Stained glasses created by master Claudio Pellandini, placed in windows of the facade of the
Government Palace of Nuevo León, in Monterrey, showed images of various Mexican national heroes. Seven pieces by Pellandini were vandalized on 5 January 2017, during riots at the Plaza de los Héroes in the capital city of
Nuevo León. They were transferred to the Taller Casa Montaña, in
Torreón,
Coahuila, for restoration. The Casa Pellandini had a branch in the Downtown of Guadalajara, founded in 1901 on premises numbers 43 and 45 on López Cotilla Street. By 1946, it had moved to Avenida Corona 129, also in Guadalajara Downtown. In 1971, it was at Prisciliano Sánchez 175, also in Guadalajara Downtown. This branch was managed by Otto B. Kiener. This was its last location in that city. == References ==