Vintage Bird Bookends
20th Century Italian Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century Vintage Bird Bookends
Pottery
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Pottery
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Bronze
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Brass
20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Onyx, Marble
Mid-20th Century Korean Vintage Bird Bookends
Brass
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Belgian Black Marble, Brass, Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Quartz, Copper
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Bronze, Chrome
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Wood
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Wood
20th Century French Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Art Glass
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Iron
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Metal
20th Century Italian Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Bronze
1930s Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Organic Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Metal
20th Century Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Vintage Bird Bookends
Bronze
20th Century American Folk Art Vintage Bird Bookends
Wood
1970s American Vintage Bird Bookends
Brass, Copper
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Metal
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Blown Glass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Metal, Brass
1940s American Vintage Bird Bookends
20th Century American Vintage Bird Bookends
Earthenware, Pottery
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Mid-20th Century Vintage Bird Bookends
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Belgian Black Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Bronze
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Spelter
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Glass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Bronze
20th Century Vintage Bird Bookends
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Bronze
1960s American Brutalist Vintage Bird Bookends
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Vintage Bird Bookends
Brass, Enamel
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Gold Leaf
20th Century Italian Vintage Bird Bookends
Blown Glass
20th Century Italian Vintage Bird Bookends
1960s Italian Vintage Bird Bookends
Alabaster
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Bronze
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Bird Bookends
Brass
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Terracotta
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Bird Bookends
Alabaster
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Alabaster, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Spelter
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Blown Glass
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Bird Bookends
Bronze
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Brass
20th Century Vintage Bird Bookends
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Spelter
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Iron
20th Century Folk Art Vintage Bird Bookends
Wood
1980s Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Brass
20th Century Italian Folk Art Vintage Bird Bookends
20th Century Italian Vintage Bird Bookends
Alabaster
1950s Italian Vintage Bird Bookends
Bronze
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Silk, Velvet
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Teak
2010s Italian Vintage Bird Bookends
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Metal, Brass
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Metal
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass, Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine, Glass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bird Bookends
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Bird Bookends
Marble, Bronze
Vintage Bird Bookends For Sale on 1stDibs
Finding the Right Bookends for You
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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