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Bookends For Sale
Abingdon Pottery 1940s Mid Century Modern Pair Black Horse Head Bookends
Located in Miami, FL
Handsome Pair of Mid Century Horse Head Modern Bookends by Abingdon Potteries. Beautiful designed horse heads bookends in glossy black glaze which were produced from 1938 through 1...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Ionic Bookend Set Made with Compressed Marble Powder
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Ionic regular columns born on the western and southern coasts of Anatolia have a thin, long and elegant body.
Ionic columns are one of three types of c...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Bookends
Materials
Statuary Marble
Pair Of Art Deco Bookends Signed L. Carvin
By L. Carvin
Located in NANTES, FR
Pair of art deco bookends circa 1930.
Green patinated regula representing Napoleon on a chair.
Sea green marble base, signed on the terrace L. Carvin and founder's stamp on the back ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Artisanal White Marble Ellipse Bookend, in Stock
Located in West Hollywood, CA
White marble home decor.
These bookends are made from hand cut white marble from Mexico. Each piece is carved from a solid block of marble and has...
Category
2010s Minimalist Bookends
Materials
Marble
Art Deco Pair of Figural Spelter Bookends, French, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Very stylish and rare matching pair of Art Deco bookends. These are a great find and in exceptional condition. Originating from France and dating to the 1930s both stand on marble ba...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Pair of Antique Carved Lion Bookends, Oriental, Ebonised, Book Rest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Our Stock # 18.9940
This is a pair of antique carved lion bookends. An Oriental, ebonised ironwood book rest with animal figure interest, dating t...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Bookends
Materials
Wood
MCM Copper & Brass Brutalist Tree of Life Sculpture in the manner of Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Brutalist style Tree of Life metal sculpture. Unsigned, in the manner of Curtis Jere. Brass and copper sculpted to form the Tree of Life. Copper trunk and branches with shiny brass...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pair Mid Century Modern Pottery White Horse Head Bookends Abingdon Pottery 1940s
Located in Miami, FL
Handsome Pair of Mid Century white Horse Head Modern Bookends by Abingdon Potteries. Beautiful designed horse heads bookends in glossy white glaze which were produced from 1938 thr...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Opinion Ciatti Ombres de Chats #3 Bookend
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ombres de Chats by Angelo Barcella are poetic objects, delicate table sculptures. Shadows of curious, busy, sore, angry or bored cats, instants which are made eternal when transforme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookends
Materials
Steel
Vintage Modernist Stair Cut Polished Steel Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage modernist stair-cut polished steel bookends, circa 1970s. Beautiful and simple with great mid-century minimal lines, the bookends are in very good vintage condition and meas...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Steel
Marble Sphere Bookend
Located in Richmond, VA
The Sphere Bookend is the newest design from our in-house collection. Display as a sculpture, use as a chic door stopper, or simply as a bookend. Handc...
Category
2010s Bookends
Materials
Marble
Cheetah Bookends Set of Two in Porcelain with Brass Base
Located in Paris, FR
Set of two bookends Cheetah in porcelain.
On black porcelain socle with brass base.
Elegant and subtle piece.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Beveled Lucite Bookends
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Lucite Mid-Century Bookend Set, 1960's
Vintage Mid-Century Modern, heavy Lucite bookends with beautiful beveled edges. These bookends almost glow when the light hits them. Polished...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Lucite
1940s Pair Modern Pottery Black Horse Head Bookends Abingdon Pottery
Located in Miami, FL
Handsome Pair of Mid Century Horse Head Modern Bookends by Abingdon Potteries. Beautiful designed horse heads bookends in glossy black glaze which were produced from 1938 through 1...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-Century Jane and Gordon Martz Ceramic and Walnut Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of ceramic and walnut bookends by Jane and Gordon Martz for their company, Marshall Studios. Each bookend stands sculpturally and presents a ceramic inlay detail in wo...
Category
1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Pottery, Walnut
MCM Metal Brutalist Globe Hemispheres Sculpture in the manner of Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Charlotte, NC
A companion pair of Brutalist style globe hemispheres metal sculptures. Unsigned, in the manner of Curtis Jere. Patinated bronze color solid metal forming the clearly visible contine...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Bookends
Materials
Metal
Cast Brass Duck Head Bookends, Korea 1970s
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Cast Brass Duck Head Bookends, Korea 1970s
Category
1970s Korean Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Golf Bookends With Robert Simpson Club Heads
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Robert Simpson Bookends, Mashie Niblick & Wood.
A pair of bookends hand crafted from high quality traditional materials with original 1940's club heads. The heads came from the Carno...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Bookends
Materials
Oak
Set of bookends hand-carved in oak, early 20th century.
Located in Herentals, BE
Beautiful set of bookends hand-carved in France in the early 20th century.
The oak bookends are finished with copper nails that feature the same facet pattern as the pattern of the w...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Oak
Silver Bookends
Located in Richmond, VA
Sculptural vintage bookends in solid steel, set of two.
Please note these are very heavy, each weighs 20 pounds and will be shipped in a custom wooden box.
Category
20th Century Bookends
Materials
Steel
French Art Deco Spelter Brass and Marble Bookends
Located in Victoria, BC
Here is a lovely pair of French Art Deco Spelter Brass and Marble Bookends. These bookends feature two brass sea birds in flight attached to a beautiful spelter wave formation. Each ...
Category
1920s French Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Brass, Spelter
1960s Danish Modern Single Teak Bookend
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Danish Modern Single Teak Wood Bookend
5.25 h x 5.25 d x 4 w
Unrestored preowned original vintage condition
Wear is present
Refer to all images for condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Bookends
Materials
Teak
Pair of Art Glass Cast Elephant Bookends by Don Shepherd for DAS Designs
By Don Shepherd
Located in San Diego, CA
A pair of art glass cast elephant bookends by Don Shepherd for DAS Designs, circa 1980s. The pair are the back and front end of an elephant and are in ve...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of Machine Age Art Deco Bookends by Walter Von Nessen for Chase & Co
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous pair of machine age art deco "Cathedral" bookends by Walter Von Nessen for Chase & Co., circa 1930s. These are solid copper and brass bookends with three perpendicular round...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Brass, Copper
Brass Gazelle Bookends
Located in Vallejo, CA
A pair of vintage brass bookends in the shape of gazelles. Beautiful gold patina and green stone bases. Great stylized deco design.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Stone, Brass
Vintage Mid-Century Wall Street Bear Bronze Bookend Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Mid-Century Modern stock market bookend sculpture brass bear on a solid marble base. These iconic symbols of Wall Street presented majestically on a marble base that adds a solid (li...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Cubisme Bookend 2
Located in Irving, TX
With a nod to both cubist art and Mayan carving, Cubisme takes geometric simplicity to a new level. Bookends are created from lightly textured earthenwar...
Category
2010s Bookends
Materials
Earthenware
Pair of Lucerne Lion Bookends by HPI
By Borghese
Located in San Diego, CA
A regal pair of "Lucerne Lion" with shield bookends by HPI, circa 1992. The pair is in great vintage condition and our made of what I believe to be a heav...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Bookends
Materials
Resin
Pair of Modernist Solid Marble Cube Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
A really nice pair of modernist solid black and white marble cube bookends, circa the 1970s. The pair are in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measure 3"W x 3"D...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Marble
Mid-Century Sheldon Rose AlphaSculpt Typesetter Block Sculpture Bookend
Located in San Diego, CA
Signed Sheldon Rose (American 20th Century) Typesetter cube sculpture, can also be used as bookend. In polished polychrome silver metal. Sheldon Rose (American, 20th century), attend...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal
Keit Harring 2 Brushed Metal Bookends Marked
By Keith Haring
Located in Lucca, IT
Silhouette with raised arms designed by Keith Harring .Pair of brushed metal bookends marked Keith Harring .
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal
Cubism Bookend I
Located in Irving, TX
With a nod to both cubist art and Mayan carving, Cubisme takes geometric simplicity to a new level. Bookends are created from lightly textured earthenwar...
Category
2010s Bookends
Materials
Earthenware
Art Deco silvered frog bookends by Maurice Frecourt.
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco silvered frog bookends by Maurice Frecourt.
Silvered Art Metal on a marble base.
France 1930.
Literature:
Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs,...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Metal
Pair of Solid Italian Marble Bookends Postmodern Memphis Era
Located in San Diego, CA
fabulous pair of solid black & Pink marble, circa 1980s great for Memphis decor.
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Bookends
Materials
Marble
Art Deco Style Demi-Lune Polished Banded Calcite Bookends Circa 1970
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
ART DECO STYLE DEMI-LUNE POLISHED
BANDED CALCITE BOOKENDS
Circa 1970
Pattern composed of natural celadon green and cream tones,
complete with distinct rust stiration bands.
Large a...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Other
Curtis Jere Mars & Venus Gold Gilt Bookends Sculptures Signed Jeré, 1968
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Saint Louis, MO
A beautiful, and in lovely condition, pair of Mars and Venus Curtis Jere sculptures or bookends depicting the male and female gender symbols on square bases made of gold leafed cast iron. In beautiful condition with original patina and signed "C. Jeré 1968". The gilt really adds a nice warmth and glow. These would look exquisite displayed in a lit bookcase, in a master bedroom, master bath...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Gold, Iron
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4100 Patinated Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4100 patinated brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated brass.
Price is f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Fornasetti Bookends Strumenti Musicali Gold on Red Metal
By Fornasetti
Located in MILANO, IT
There can be wit and unpredictability in the order: this was Fornasetti idea when he designed his first bookends. The mix of images with their functional design make these accessorie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal
Blue and White Quartz Geode Bookends, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A substantial pair of blue and white quartz geode specimen bookends or decorative objects, circa late-20th century. A great pair for an office, a li...
Category
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Bookends
Materials
Quartz
Sandstone Cube Bookend
Located in Richmond, VA
The Cylinder Bookend is the newest design from our in-house collection. Display as a sculpture, use as a chic door stopper, or simply as a bookend. Handcrafted out of yellow sandston...
Category
2010s Bookends
Materials
Sandstone
Pair Of Antique Bookends, Marble With Goose Sculptures, France, Art Deco
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique bookends with sculptures of two goose on a marble base.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Zinc
Pair Italian Neoclassical Craved and Gilt Wood Mythical Beasts, mid 19th century
Located in Austin, TX
A powerful and dramatic pair of Italian neoclassical carved and gilt wood mythical animal figures on faux painted bases, mid 19th century or earlier, Italy.
The fantastic beasts are well carved, with dramatic wings that follow the sensuous curve of the neck, and a sinuous body ends in an eel-like tail gracefully curled in upon itself. The bearded heads feature a flattened snout with sharp teeth and a lolling tongue, and pointed horse ears and mane. The long forelegs stretched out in front of them and ending in pawed and clawed feet.
The beasts have characteristics of several different mythical animals, making them hard to positively identify. The most likely candidates would be dragons, hippocampi, or chimeras.
The beasts are unfinished to the back, indicating they were originally part of a relief decoration, possibly from a mirror. They have now been mounted to wooden bases faux painted to imitate porphyry.
They would make perfect bookends or mantle sculptures.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Bookends
Materials
Gesso, Softwood, Giltwood
1960s Vintage Midcentury Double Panel Teak Bookends
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Vintage Midcentury Double Panel Teak Bookends
7 h x 5.25 d x 5 w
Unrestored preowned original vintage condition
Wear and tear are present
Refer to all images for condition
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Teak
Marble Cylinder Bookend
Located in Richmond, VA
The Cylinder Bookend is the newest design from our in-house collection. Display as a sculpture, use as a chic door stopper, or simply as a bookend. Handcrafted out of red marble by a...
Category
2010s Bookends
Materials
Marble
Horse Bookend
Located in Irving, TX
Revered throughout the Han dynasty for its majestic strength, the horse remains an enduring symbol of grace and nobility. Our decorative horses, handcrafted in porcelain, are a sculp...
Category
2010s Bookends
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Sunshine Yellow Boat Bookends
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Powder-Coated Sunshine Yellow Set of Mid-Century Sailboat Bookends
These solid vintage newly powder-coated boats are both form and function. Fabulous pair displayed on a bookshelf ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal, Iron
Blue Eyes Set of 2 Bookends
Located in Paris, FR
Bookends blue eyes set of 2
all in hand painted porcelain.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bookends
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Hand Carved Alabaster Owl Sculptures with Glass Eyes Bookends 1950s
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful, meaningful, practical and decorative mid-century bookends.
Given the fact that owls are the international symbol for wisdom and learning, these are the perfect sculptures...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
Natural Amethyst Bookends: Elegant Geode Decor for Home or Office
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elevate your home or office decor with our extraordinary pair of natural Amethyst bookends. Crafted from a split geode, these bookends have been expertly polished to reveal a stunnin...
Category
1920s Organic Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Amethyst
Opinion Ciatti Ombres de Chats #6 Bookend
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ombres de Chats by Angelo Barcella are poetic objects, delicate table sculptures. Shadows of curious, busy, sore, angry or bored cats, instants which are made eternal when transforme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookends
Materials
Steel
Horse Bookend
Located in Irving, TX
Revered throughout the Han dynasty for its majestic strength, the horse remains an enduring symbol of grace and nobility. Our decorative horses, handcrafted in fine porcelain, are a ...
Category
2010s Bookends
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of "Fleur de Lis" Cast Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice pair of "Fleur de Lis" cast bookends, circa 1970s. The bookends are made of cast plaster and has a great gold gilt patina; they measure 6.5"W x 6.75"D x 6.25"H and are in...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Bookends
Materials
Plaster
Eagles Set of 2 Bookends
Located in Paris, FR
Bookends Eagles set of 2 made in gilt
metal. On blackened metal base.
Measures: L 14 x D 11.5 x H 17.5 cm each.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Bookends
Materials
Metal
Sandstone Sphere Bookend
Located in Richmond, VA
The Sphere Bookend is the newest design from our in-house collection. Display as a sculpture, use as a chic door stopper, or simply as a bookend. Handc...
Category
2010s Bookends
Materials
Sandstone
Brass Bookends with "The Angelus" and "The Gleaners" by Jean Francois Millet
Located in Soquel, CA
Brass Bookends with "The Angelus" and "The Gleaners" by Jean Francois Millet
Solid pair of bookends by H. L. Judd Manufracturing Co. Each bookend contains a scene originally painted by Jean Francois Millet - farmers harvesting in the fields and farmers praying over a basket. They are marked on the back with "REAL BRONZE" and numbered 9977.
Titled on the bottom "The Gleaners" and "The Angelus"
Original felt on bases.
4.75"H x 5.25"W x 2.25"D (each)
Jean Francois Millet: 1814 - 1875, was a Barbizon School painter known for showing in his works the devoutness of French farm laborers.
Judd Co.
Morton Judd established the Judd...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Craftsman Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Pair of MCM Arched Lucite Bookends in the Style of Herb Ritts
By Herb Ritts
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice pair of MCM arched lucite bookends in the Style of Herb Ritts for Astrolite, circa 1970s. The pair are in excellent condition and would make a great...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Lucite
Vintage Pair of Chunky Post Modern "6" Shaped Curved Bracket Lucite Bookends
Located in Amityville, NY
A pair of vintage lucite bookends with a chunky, curving, bracket shape, similar to the number "6" or letter "G". Each folded from a single thi...
Category
1990s North American Post-Modern Bookends
Materials
Lucite
Marble Cube Bookend
Located in Richmond, VA
The Cube Bookend is the newest design from our in-house collection. Display as a sculpture, use as a chic door stopper, or simply as a bookend. Handcrafted out of red marble by artis...
Category
2010s Bookends
Materials
Marble
Antique, New and Vintage Bookends
A good pair of antique, new or vintage bookends will look wonderful in your reading nook. And the need for these trusty home accents has stood the test of time, which means there are many different kinds to suit any design taste or furniture style.
Bookends weren’t created until the 1870s. Serving faithfully in the background, they went unobserved for a while. The authors of the Oxford English Dictionary report that the term “book end” didn’t appear in printed material until 1907. The primary function of bookends is to ensure that your books remain upright in your bookcase, but style and form have taken the lead over the years. Furniture makers have ensured that bookends demand as much attention as the books themselves. Indeed, while competing with carefully curated first editions or rows of colorful spines is no small task, plenty of bookends steal the stage.
If you’re looking to add a dose of intrigue or decorative flourish to your reading room that will be difficult to ignore, stone bookends and metal bookends can take on the appearance of small, provocative sculptures rather than functional accessories to keep your books orderly on your shelves. Depending on what kind of textures you’re thinking of introducing to your home office or study, a pair of brass bookends or a bronze set will pop against your dusty hardcovers and any decorative objects you’ve accumulated while working to style your bookcase. A pair of mid-century modern bookends carved from dark, exotic woods such as teak can also introduce warmth to a home office or study. While teak was a favorite of designers who worked with furniture in the mid-20th century, all manner of wood bookends have emerged over the years, with some woodworkers carving ornate patterns or figures into their pieces.
Bookworms, take note: You can find an extraordinary range of antique, new and vintage bookends for your dazzling book displays and bookshelves today on 1stDibs.
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