Antique Victorian Walnut & Brass Mounted Sliding Bookends
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Victorian walnut & brass mounted sliding bookends, having a quality sliding walnut book stand with engraved brass & walnut ends, extending to 57cm.
Brass
Quality Antique Victorian Walnut & Brass Mounted Sliding Bookends
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Victorian walnut & brass mounted sliding bookends, having a quality sliding walnut book stand with engraved brass & walnut ends, extending to 57cm.
Brass
$1,137Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Extending Book Slide, French Burr Walnut, Brass, Library Rack, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique extending book slide. A French, burr walnut and brass book rack, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1850. Superb Victorian book slide with charming ename...
Brass
$495Sale Price / set|25% Off
Expandable Book Slide and Inkwell, Wedgwood Jasperware
Located in Toronto, CA
A lovely and very unusual expandable bookshelf, made of burled walnut with brass end plates featuring two Wedgwood Jasperware medallions. The end plates fold down when not in use, an...
Brass
$681Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Gothic Revival Book Slide, English Walnut, Extending Bookrest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Gothic revival book slide. An English, walnut and brass extending bookrest, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Accentuate your reading corner or de...
Brass
Pollard Oak Betjemann's Patent Book Slide
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
A Victorian pollard oak veneered Betjemann's patent adjustable book slide. The book slide has folding flaps at each end that slide open to hold more books and have shaped carrying...
Brass
Vintage Brass Cherub Book Slide
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Antique adjustable book slide with detailed filagree and cherub detail. Extending to 15" when fully open allows for versatile storage of cherished book collection and display. Nicely...
Metal, Brass
Antique Victorian Mahogany Brass Book Slide, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Victorian brass-mounted mahogany book slide, circa 1880, which can extend to 57 cm. The ends have been elaborately decorated with beautiful brass mount...
Brass
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H 2 in W 13.5 in D 6 in
Antique Brass Wood and Malachite Telescoping Book Rack Slide Holder, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Victorian brass-mounted Coromandel wood sliding book rack with inset malachite plaques. Made to the Betjemanns patented slide design; engraved with patent number 10597. ...
Malachite, Brass
Antique Victorian Betjemann's Coromandel Book Slide, 19th Century
By Betjemanns & Sons
Located in London, GB
This is a high quality antique Victorian Coromandel adjustable book slide, circa 1860 in date. It features a pair of oval Sevres style plaques depicting cherubs at play and it is wo...
Brass
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H 7.88 in W 26.38 in D 7.09 in
Antique Victorian Betjemann's Porcelain Coromandel Book Slide, 19th Century
By Betjemanns & Sons
Located in London, GB
This is a high quality antique Victorian coromandel porcelain inset adjustable book slide, by Betjemann's, 19th century and circa 1870 in date. It is made of stunnning coromandel...
Brass
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H 7.88 in W 22.84 in D 7.09 in
Antique Victorian Betjemann's Pietra Dura Coromandel Book Slide 19th C
By Betjemanns & Sons
Located in London, GB
This is a high quality antique Victorian Coromandel Pietra Dura adjustable book slide, by Betjemann's, 19th Century and circa 1870 in date. It is made of stunnning coromandel and fe...
Brass
Quality Antique Victorian Walnut & Brass Mounted Sliding Bookends
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Victorian walnut & brass mounted sliding bookends, having quality sliding walnut book stand with engraved brass & walnut ends, beautiful detail.
Brass
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H 5.12 in W 12.21 in L 5.12 in
Book Slide, English Rosewood Brass, Bookends, Betjemann, Victorian, circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book slide. English, rosewood and brass bookends. Betjemann's patented book rack, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880.
Brass
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H 5.75 in W 7.75 in D 5.25 in
Hollywood Regency Nautical Maritime Motif Brass Knot Rope Bookends, a Pair
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A thin piece of brass connected to each bookend slides right under a stack of books and keeps them together, and adds a touch of Hollywood Regency glam.
Brass
c. 1900 Brass Book Slide by Judd Mfg. Co., CT.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Expanding, folding brass book slide with cast iron camels by Judd Mfg. Co., CT., c.1900. The camels cold painted with patinated bases symbolic of pharaonic Egypt. Brass & steel mecha...
Brass, Iron
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H 6.11 in W 12.6 in D 4.93 in
Antique Novel Slide, English, Walnut, Brass Caps, Extending Book Rest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique novel slide. An English, walnut and brass extending book rest, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Tasteful addition to your reading corner or desk ...
Brass
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H 6.7 in W 20.48 in D 5.91 in
Antique Victorian Betjemann's Pietra Dura Coromandel Book Slide 19th C
By Betjemanns & Sons
Located in London, GB
This is a high quality antique Victorian Coromandel and porcelain adjustable book slide, by Betjemann's, 19th Century and circa 1870 in date. It is made of stunnning coromandel an...
Brass
Rosso Wall Mirror
By Specchi Veneziani
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted in the finest Murano tradition, this exquisite Venetian mirror is a true work of art. Assembled with crystal and gold elements, and adorned with red glass flowers, each piece...
Glass
19th Century Wedgwood Jasper Vase
By Wedgwood
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century Wedgwood light blue Jasper tripod vase complete with cover with applied white relief of foliage and bell flowers, the terminals with lion masks and rings, all standing a...
Porcelain
$50,000Sale Price|23% Off
H 39.5 in W 56 in D 65.5 in
Fine Steinway & Sons Wedgwood Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Baby Grand Piano Model M
By Steinway & Sons
Located in Roslyn, NY
Steinway & Sons Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Baby Grand Piano Model M, serial no. 244684, circa 1926 With Wedgwood Light Blue Jasperware / Wedgwood Framed Oval Plaques Decorated With Clas...
Bronze, Ormolu
$275Sale Price|42% Off
H 3.38 in W 2.88 in D 2.75 in
Wedgwood Jasperware Urn Vase Neoclassical Design, Small
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, small, English Wedgwood Jasperware urn vase in the neoclassical design style, circa 20th century, England. Piece is a matte stoneware in a light lavender purple with a w...
Stoneware
$5,450
H 15 in W 10 in D 10 in
Fine Antique French Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze and Wedgewood Chandelier
Located in New York, NY
A delicate antique French Louis XVI style chandelier combining gilt bronze and Wedgwood elements. The central body is shaped as an urn form, executed in blue jasperware with applied ...
Bronze
Regency Wedgwood Nautilus Pearlware Seashell Dessert Service
By Wedgwood
Located in Downingtown, PA
An Ocean of Elegance: The Wedgwood Nautilus Pearlware Shell Service, Circa 1790 This exquisite Wedgwood Nautilus Pearlware Shell Service, dating to circa 1790, is a remarkable test...
Pearlware, Pottery
$3,500
H 54 in W 80 in D 8.5 in
Antique Georgian Neoclassical White Painted Fireplace Mantel w/ Wedgwood Plaques
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Georgian Neoclassical Style White Painted Fireplace Mantel w/ Wedgwood Plaques. Item features 3 English "The Dancing Hour" Wedgwood Blue Jasperware plaques with a white paint...
Wood
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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