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Bookends For Sale
Pair of Marble Pedestal and Brass Crane Sculptures
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Art Deco inspired solid brass crane sculptures surmounted on dark grey Carrara marble pedestals with brass sabots. One sculpture stands 2...
Category
1970s American Vintage Bookends
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
Mesoamerican French Bronze Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Mesoamerican French bronze sculpture. Vintage bronze casting of Mesoamerican stone hacha on original custom mahogany base. France, early 20th C...
Category
Early 20th Century French Bookends
Materials
Bronze
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
Fornasetti Bookends Gift Tema E Variazioni N. 171 Black/White/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
French Art Deco Panther Leopard Panther Bookends by Maurice Frecourt, Statue
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco leopard panther bookends by the French artist Frecourt on a marble base. Fine animal detailing work and signed on the metal with artist name, France and initial C.R. Unusual...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Brutalist / Modern Concrete Bookends, White
Located in Camp Meeker, CA
These geometric concrete bookends will keep your literature in place with their timeless, sculptural beauty, as well as with their substantial weight.
Small batches, with limited...
Category
2010s American Brutalist Bookends
Materials
Concrete
Solid Glass Block Bookends By Blenko
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Solid Glass Block Bookends By Blenko, textured edge.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Glass
Vintage Bronze Plated Irish Setter Bookends C.1940
Located in Fort Washington, MD
A pair of original bronze plated Irish Setter bookends.
Perfect for styling a bookcase or decorating an office
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Industrial Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Coral Bookend
Located in Irving, TX
As unique and varied as the brilliant red corals found in the Mediterranean sea, this CoralBookend is a fascinating piece of modern design. Each piece is sculpted by hand by a master...
Category
2010s Bookends
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Pair of Grand Tour Style Carved Alabaster Bookends Formed as Classical Ruins
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good pair of architectural inspired 'Grand Tour' style columnar alabaster bookends, both carved in the form of fluted columns, raised on stepped bases. Dimensions noted are th...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Grand Tour Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
Salta Medium Bordeaux Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Bookends
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Cuyo Large Alpaca Silver & Blue Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library.
Our pieces are made by hand. One of...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Bookends
Materials
Stone, Onyx, 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
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 Carl Auböck Model #1928 'Hands' Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #1928 'Hands' brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass.
P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Red Coral Bookend Set of 2
Located in Paris, FR
Bookend red coral set of 2, handcrafted sculpture
with more than 800 red cabochons hand-placed.
With structure and base in solid brass gold-plated
24-ka...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bookends
Materials
Coral, Gold Plate, Brass
VINTAGE ITALIAN HAND CARVED ALABASTER DECORATIVE BOOK ENDS CiRCA 1960
Located in Pulborough, GB
Antiques of London
We are delighted to offer for sale These vintage Italian hand-carved alabaster decorative bookends from circa 1960 showcase the exquisite craftsmanship characte...
Category
20th Century British Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4635 Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #4635 brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass.
Price i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Bookends Acrobat Elephants Set of Two in Bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Bookends set of two acrobat elephants in
hand-carved solid bronze on black porcelain base.
Each piece: L 15.5 x D 10.5 x H 21cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Large Mid-Century Marble Horse Head Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Very stylish pair of large mid-century marble horse head bookends, circa 1970s. The bookends are heavy and solid and well crafted. They measure 9.75"W x 3"D x 10.5"H and would make a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Marble
Pair of Vintage Brass Teddy Bear Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Fun pair of vintage brass "Teddy Bear" bookends, circa 1960s. The set is in very good vintage condition with a fine patina and measures 4.5"W x 4"D x 5.5"H. #3933
Category
Mid-20th Century American Bookends
Materials
Brass
Polished Solid Brass Mallard Duck Head Bookends 1950's a Pair
Located in Portsmouth, VA
Measurements:
5.5 " tall x 3" deep x 3" wide
Elevate your home decor with this luxurious pair of vintage brass bookends, exquisitely crafted in the 1950s and featuring beautifully d...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Bookends
Materials
Brass
Set of Dice Bookends in Lucite & Green Dots by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage oversized Lucite sculpture designed by Charles Hollis Jones in the 1960s.
The pieces were made in 1968 and they are in good vintage condition.
The pieces can be used as book...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Lucite, Paint
Pair of Mid-Century Bookends made in Copper, Italy 1970s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Pair of Mid-Century Bookends made in Copper, Italy 1970s
Category
1970s Italian Egyptian Revival Vintage Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Elegant Geometric Mid-Century Bookends, Italy 1970s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Pair of Elegant Geometric Mid-Century Bookends, Italy 1970s
Category
1970s Italian Egyptian Revival Vintage Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Antique H.L. Judd Co Cast Iron Bookends Native American Indian Chief
Located in Greer, SC
These high quality cast iron bookends were created by the H.L. Judd Company and made in the early 1900's. These heavy cast iron bookends are in wonderful condition considering their ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Arts and Crafts Bookends
Materials
Iron
Mid Century Modern Orange Design Line Jack Bookend by Bill Curry
Located in San Jose, CA
Vintage decorative bookend jack by Bill Curry for Design Line. This collectible piece is made of heavy cast iron in an orange enamel finish.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal, Iron
1970s Vintage Triangular Grey Marble Stone Bookends - a Pair
Located in Farmington Hills, MI
We are really pleased to offer a vintage, sleek pair of polished stone bookends, dating back to the 1970s. This stunning set is constructed from solid, heavy-weight marble and showc...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Stone, Marble
Antique Mission Oak & Brass Arts & Crafts Folding Bookends Book Holder Stand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Mission Oak & Brass Arts & Crafts Folding Bookends Book Holder Stand. Item features solid brass accents, folding ends, solid wood construction, beautiful wood grain, very nic...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Arts and Crafts Bookends
Materials
Brass
VERY RARE MOZART AND BEETHOVEN LEATHER BOOKENDS WITH LOVELY PATiNA
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale These exquisite leather bookends, celebrating the legendary composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, are a magnificent testamen...
Category
20th Century British Bookends
Materials
Leather
Pair, Antique Maritime Bookends, Continental, Copper, Oak, Book Rest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique maritime bookends. A Continental, copper plated oak book rest in Arts & Crafts taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890.
Invokes the age of ...
Category
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Bookends
Materials
Copper
A large and elegant pair of thuja root bookends. Art deco, 1930s
Located in Knivsta, SE
A large and elegant pair of thuja root bookends. Very period Art deco from the 1930s, Beautiful color and pattern, designed in a modern way.
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Wood
Machine Age Chrome and Bakelite Bookends
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of Art Deco/ Machine Age Chrome and Green Bakelite Bookends. Nice Original Condition! Chrome looks very nice! Produced by Hifinger Industrie...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Art Deco Onyx Horses Heads Bookends
By Hermès
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This is a pair of vintage Art Deco stylized horse head bookends, hand carved in onyx with shades of ivory, brown, and green.
In the style of Hermès, it is a great modern design.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Onyx
Pair of Vintage Stag Head Brass Bookends
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Elegant brass bookends in the form of two stag heads. They are heavy and will hold heavy books in space on your bookshelf.
Category
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Jean Cocteau and The Testament of Orpheus Hardcover by Lucien Clergue 1st Ed.
By Jean Cocteau
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Jean Cocteau and The Testament of Orpheus by David LeHardy Sweet, Lucien Clergue.A legendary French photographer presents a dramatic visual journal of the creation of Jean Cocteau's ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Expressionist Bookends
Materials
Paper
Pair of Rare Solid Brass Libertas & Justitia Bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of rare solid brass "Libertas & Justitia" collectible bookends with legends by Aristotle and Thomas Jefferson manufactured by Virginia Metalcrafters, circa 1996. The b...
Category
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Brass Tennis Rackets Bookends with Louis Vuitton Monogram Fabric
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This Mid-Century set of Tennis and Louis Vuitton themed bookends are absolutely one of a kind and most certainly would accentuate your home on a bookcase, table, or desk. This pair, ...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Brass "Shovel" Bookends by Ben Seibel
By Ben Seibel
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Ben Seibel "Shovel" Brass Bookends, c.1960. They have a nice patina with some wear and one light dent to the side.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Blenko Glass Owl Bookend / Sculpture, c.1970
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Blenko Glass Owl Bookend / Sculpture, c.1970.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Large Pair, Antique Putti Bookends, Italian Cherub Figures, Book Rest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large pair of antique putti bookends. An Italian, fruitwood cherub figure as book rests, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Fascinating figural bookends, wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Late Victorian Antique Bookends
Materials
Fruitwood
Pair of French Cubistic Art Déco Bookends in Ebony-Horn, signed by Hand 1920s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Pair of French Art Déco bookends in ebony horn from the 1920s.
The objects have a very cubist design, the wedge-shaped base made of dark-stained beech protrudes upwards and the obje...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Horn, Wood, Ebony
Art Deco Gold Washed Brass Feather Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Gold washed brass stylized feather plume bookends.
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Brass
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 column styles used in Greece; V...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Bookends
Materials
Statuary Marble
Rare Bronze Train Locomotive Bookends 1940´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Nice & Rare Silvered Bronze Train Locomotive Bookends 1940´s.
Heavy Bookends. Hight quality. Train entering a tunel.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Art Deco Silvered Metal Seahorse Bookends
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful Pair of Art Deco Silvered Seahorse Bookends originates from the United States, Circa 1930. Featuring a rectilinear base with scultpura...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal
Italian Alabaster Art Deco Bookends
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
A very nice Italian set of bookends, fabricated in the early 1900s. It is handcrafted out of very beautiful alabaster. The fabulous marble features a very nice pattern of different c...
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
Art Deco marble bookends in Memphis Style
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Art Deco marble bookends in Memphis style. Good original condition with light signs of use, especially around the edges.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble
Cast Brass Tall Duck Head Waterfowl Bookends, Korea 1970s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
10" tall Cast Brass Waterfowl Bookends From Korea. Nice patina to the brass from age.
Category
1970s Korean Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Nickel- plated art deco bookends vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Nickel- plated art deco bookends vienna around 1920s
Ball black lacquered.
The books are not for sale they are only for the photoshooting
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Nickel
Art Deco bronze bookends pierrot and girl
FLIRT by Marcel Bouraine France 1925
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze bookends pierrot and girl FLIRT by Marcel André Bouraine
Silvered and patinated bronze on a Portor marble base.
France 1925.
These bookends are illustrated in
Art De...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
R & Y Augousti Coconut Shell Inlay Rare Bookend Pair
Located in Westfield, NJ
Vintage circa 1980s R&Y Augousti coconut shell inlay bookends. Pair of matching bookends with zig zag integrated design. A rare example of artisanal techniques that were revived by h...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Bookends
Materials
Felt, Coconut
Rare find! Pair of Bronze Bookends / Sculptures by Heinz Goll, Austria 1960s
By Heinz Goll
Located in Cork, IE
This pair of sculptural bookends truly is a rare find!
Designed by Hannes Heinz Goll, the Austrian enfant terrible of the 60's art scene and co-founder of the "Grüne Galerie" (green...
Category
1960s Austrian Brutalist Vintage Bookends
Materials
Bronze
A pair of 1930s Art Deco Metal and Marble Birds French Bookends
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This pair of bookends has been an elegant addition to a desk, bookshelf, or study during the Art Deco period. Today, such items are cherished for their craftsmanship, unique design, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Pair Black Forrest Carved Walnut Darwin Monkey Thinker With Skull Bookends
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair Black Forrest Carved Walnut Darwin Monkey Thinker With Skull Bookends, Germany, circa 1900s
A captivating and thought-provoking set that embodies both academic and artistic int...
Category
Early 20th Century German Black Forest Bookends
Materials
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Isamu Noguchi Style Japanese Iron Owl Bookends
Located in Round Rock, TX
A handsome pair of Japanese iron bookends in the manner of Isamu Noguchi. These modernist owls have an applied patina that mimics age and provides a brutalist aesthetic. Collectible ...
Category
1950s Japanese Brutalist Vintage Bookends
Materials
Iron
Oriental Fantail Fish Black & Red lacquered Bookends
Located in London, GB
This pair of oriental red and black lacquered wooden fantail fish bookends is both practical and decorative. Highly detailed with intricate craftsmanship, these striking pieces make ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Tibetan Bookends
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved Wood Safari African Zebra Bookends Kenya 1950
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Nice pair of hand carved heavy wood bookends African Safari Zebra sculptures, Handmade in Kenya Circa 1950.
Vintage African Safari hand-carved wo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Kenyan Folk Art Bookends
Materials
Wood
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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