Jilleba Glashandel & Glas in Lood

Jilleba Glashandel & Glas in Lood is a Dutch family business based in Leiden that has supplied glass and glass services since 1938. The company describes itself as having more than 85 years of experience in glass types and glass-related services in the Leiden region. Its oldest specialisation is stained glass (glas in lood): its certified glaziers both restore existing stained-glass windows and create new ones, and the firm also produces its own monumental glass. For more than 25 years it has made stained glass set between insulating glass panes, combining heritage appearance with modern thermal performance. The company operates across three main areas: stained glass, monumental glazing and general glass supply. Under its monumental work it restores the glazing of historic buildings using authentic methods, while also improving sustainability with insulating glass. It is a dealer of FINEO vacuum glass, which it presents as offering the insulating performance of triple glazing at the thickness of single glazing. It also handles hard glass and custom requirements such as non-standard sizes and special colours, and works both for private clients (historically) and for business-to-business customers. Jilleba is a small, privately held family firm rather than a listed company. Its showroom is located at Amphoraweg 5 in Leiden, and it can be reached by telephone and email. A reorganisation led the company to stop private retail sales from 1 June 2020, after which it focused on business-to-business sales. Its positioning combines craft heritage — church windows, restoration of historic buildings, own-production monumental glass — with modern energy-efficiency products such as vacuum insulating glass.

Jilleba Glashandel & Glas in Lood traces its origins to 1938, when it began operating as a glass supplier in Leiden, in the Dutch province of South Holland. According to its own account, it has been a specialist in glass types and glass services in the region since that year, and by the 2020s it described itself as having more than 85 years of experience. The business is a family company, and its oldest specialisation is stained glass (glas in lood). Over the decades it built up expertise in restoring stained-glass windows and in producing monumental glass for historic buildings. A significant technical development in its history was the introduction of stained glass set between insulating glass panes, a method it says it has used for more than 25 years. This allows historic stained-glass windows to meet modern thermal-insulation requirements while retaining their original appearance. The company also developed its own production of monumental glass, which it uses in restoration and new-build heritage projects. In more recent years Jilleba expanded its offer toward modern energy-saving glazing. It became a dealer of FINEO vacuum glass, marketed as providing the insulating performance of triple glazing at the thickness of single glazing — a product suited to monumental buildings where thick glazing units cannot be installed. The company also supplies hard glass and handles custom orders, including non-standard dimensions and special colours, for both residential and commercial projects. A reorganisation led to a change in its customer focus: from 1 June 2020 Jilleba stopped private retail sales and concentrated on business-to-business sales. The company continues to operate from Leiden, where it maintains a showroom at Amphoraweg 5, and presents itself as a certified specialist for stained glass, hard glass and monumental glazing.

• 2020

  From 1 June 2020 the company stops private retail sales and focuses on business-to-business sales following a reorganisation.

• 1938

  Jilleba begins operating as a glass supplier in Leiden.

Craft-based family glass specialist combining heritage restoration with modern energy-efficient glazing, serving business-to-business customers from Leiden.

• Stained glass (glas in lood)

  Restoration and new production of stained-glass windows by certified glaziers.

• Monumental glass

  Own-production glass used for restoring glazing in historic buildings.

• Stained glass between insulating glass

  A method used for over 25 years to combine heritage appearance with insulation.

• FINEO vacuum glass

  Vacuum insulating glass offering triple-glazing performance at single-glazing thickness; Jilleba is a dealer.

• Hard glass

  Supplied as part of the company's glass range.

1. 1Jilleba: al 85 jaar leverancier van glas en van glas-in-loodjilleba.nl
2. 2Jilleba Glashandel & Glas in Loodwikidata.org