Geometric Italian Organic Carrara Marble Sculpture or Bookend
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Unique Italian Marble Sculpture that can stand alone as a piece of art - perfect for any shelf, cocktail table, guest room, also perhaps the kitchen.
Carrara Marble
Midcentury Brutalist Travertine Marble Italian Bookends Fratelli Mannelli, 1970s
By Fratelli Mannelli
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This beautiful set of bookends in Travertine Marble is a wonderful example of Italian decorative objects produced during the 1970s.
Travertine
$1,066 / item
Belle marble bookend with brass jester
Located in Firenze, FI
Add a touch of playfulness to your living space with our striking marble bookend featuring a brass jester. Not only is it a unique and eye-catching piece, but it's also practical for...
Marble, Brass
$1,066 / item
Belle marble bookend with brass jester
Located in Firenze, FI
Add a touch of playfulness to your living space with our striking marble bookend featuring a brass jester. Not only is it a unique and eye-catching piece, but it's also practical for...
Marble, Brass
$1,066 / item
Belle marble bookend with brass dolphins
Located in Firenze, FI
Add a touch of sophistication and style to your home decor with our elegant marble bookend featuring brass dolphins. This unique and chic piece is perfect for holding your books in p...
Marble, Brass
Pair of Italian Alabaster & Marble Carved Elephant Bookends Mid Century Modern
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Pair of rare Mid Century Modern sculptural alabaster and marble elephant bookends were hand-carved in Italy.
Alabaster, Marble
Constantin Bookends, Black Marble/Canaletto Walnut Minimalist Design
By Agustina Bottoni
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Constantin 1 is a simple but charming bookend couple with a geometric shape. The body is in Marquina black marble. The top in solid Canaletto walnut. A perfect present, closed in an ...
Marble
Bookends in Spanish Black Marquina Marble Minimalist Design
Located in Milan, Lombardy
A set of 2 blocks of precious black Marquina marble precision machine carved and hand polished. The cube can be use as book-ends, door-stop or simply a sculpture on your desk or shel...
Marble
Aria 'Air', 21st Century Modern Bianco Carrara Marble Bookend
Located in Cologna Veneta, IT
The name "Aria" refers to the angular and oblique shape of this bookend. Indeed, the Aria bookend seems to have been bent and modified by the wind. Made entirely of marble, Aria is...
Marble, Carrara Marble
Bronzed Bears Bookends on Marble Bases, Signed Fayral, 1930s
Located in IT
Pair of bear-shaped bookends in bronze with black marble bases, signed Fayral, 1930. Rare and playful decorative objects, ideal as both functional pieces and display accents. Measur...
Marble, Bronze
Handmade Metal Bookend with Sphere in White Carrara Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
Metal bookend with sphere in white Carrara, black Marquina, Portoro or Paonazzo marble in collaboration with Anime Design.
Marble, Metal
Set of Three Marble Obelisk Paper Weight Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Three black marble obelisks. The trio are a nice decorative addition to the desk or shelf, however could easily be paper weights or bookends. A very nice set of three black with whit...
Belgian Black Marble
Constantin Art Inspired Bookends, Black Marquina Marble and Canaletto Walnut
By Agustina Bottoni
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Constantin 1 is a simple but charming bookend couple with a geometric shape. The body is in Marquina black marble. The top in solid Canaletto walnut. A perfect present, closed in an ...
Marble
Handmade Big Bookend with Triangular Shape in Satin White Carrara Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
Big bookend or decorative object in satin white Carrara marble with triangular shape.
Marble
Travertine Elephant Sculpture / Bookend by Fratelli Mannelli, Italy 1970s
By Fratelli Mannelli
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing sculpture / bookend in travertine marble in the shape of elephant by Fratelli Mannelli.
Travertine, Marble
Carlo Lorenzetti Bookends Marbre Pewter Silver Metal, 1930, Italy
By Carlo Lorenzetti
Located in Milano, IT
Carlo Lorenzetti.
Marble
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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