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Bookends For Sale
Pair of Sea Birds on Ocean Pylon Bookends by Curtis Jere for Artisan House
Located in San Diego, CA
Excellent and rare pair of sea birds on ocean pylon bookends by Curtis Jere for Artisan House, circa 1977. The pair are signed and dated and are in very good vintage condition with a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Quartz, Copper
Pair Bronze Patinated Polychrome Pirate Bookends by Pompeian Bronze
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of bronze patinated polychrome pirate bookends by Pompeian Bronze, circa 1920s. The bookends are in fair antique condition and measure 6" W, 4.25"...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Aged Bronze Bull Bookends, B. Seibel
By Ben Seibel
Located in New York, NY
Pair of mid century bronze stylized bull bookends by Ben Seibel for Jenfredware.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Tiger Bookends - France 1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Tiger Bookends - France 1930´s
Tigers are mounted over Belgium Black Marble.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Carl Auböck #3530-3 Bookends, Austria 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #3530-3 Bookends in Brass and Cane, Austria. New.
Category
2010s Austrian Bookends
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Walnut and Ceramic Tile and Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of mid-century bookends. Solid walnut with inlaid copper colored ceramic tile. Unsigned.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Ceramic, Walnut
Pair of French Art Deco Bookends. Stags in Patinated Metal on a Marble Base
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A pair of French Art Deco bookends. Stags in patinated metal on a marble base.
Approx. 1940s.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: height 18.0 x depth 12.0 x width 8.0 cm.
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Metal
Pair of Clear Glass Half Moon Glass Bookends by Wayne Husted for Blenko
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous clear glass half moon bookends designed by Wayne Husted for Blenko, circa 1960s. They are in very good vintage condition with no chips or scra...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Glass
Mcm Jane & Gordon Martz Walnut & White Tile Bookends for Marshall Studios 1960s
Located in St. Louis, MO
Pair of Mid-Century Modern walnut bookends with vertical white inset tiles by Jane & Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios on brass bases. Very nice original condition.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Pair of #4219 Bookends "Jazz Hands", Austria 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck pair of #4219 bookends "Jazz Hands", Austria 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of 19th Century English Brass Hunting Dog Doorstops or Bookends
Located in Birmingham, AL
A superb pair of 19th century English antique brass doorstops, cast as hunting dogs or hounds and set upon iron plinth bases, circa 1870s. These...
Category
1870s British Antique Bookends
Materials
Brass, Iron
American Art Deco Polished Brass Bull and Bear Bookends Paperweights 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
American Art Deco Polished Brass Bull and Bear Bookends Paperweights 1950s.
Polished Brass Bull and Bear Bookends Paperweights.
Vintage American...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Brass
Amethyst Large Bookends, 1970s
Located in Delft, NL
Amethyst large bookends, 1970s.
Amethyst is a gemstone. These Amethyst bookends are created from an Amethyst geode. It has a flat cut base and is ...
Category
20th Century South American Bookends
Materials
Amethyst
Pair of Hand Carved Wooden Bookends Owls, Germany
Located in Barntrup, DE
A charming pair of linden wood bookends with carved figurines of Owls with beautiful orange eyes, Germany, circa the 1930s.
These adorable bookends will make a wonderful accent on a...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Folkart Pair Oak Hand Carved Figural Bookends
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual Art Deco folkart pair of hand carved oak bookends with figures dating from around 1930. The bookends have been carved from a single block of wood with a flat polished book...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Oak
Geometric Abstract Bookends, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A substantial pair of metal bookends with a geometric abstract design and a copper-rose gold hue, in the Post-Modern Deconstructivist design style. Pair could work well as individual...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Emile Carlier Figural Goat Bookends, France 1925
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Bookends. Emile Joseph Nestor Carlier, (French, 1849-1927). Figural Goat Bookends. Silvered Metal mounted over Green Marble bases. Nice and heavy.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Metal
Pair of Antique Elephant Bookends, African, Milk Onyx, Book Rest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique elephant bookends. An African, milk onyx decorative novel or book rest, dating to the late Victorian period, circa ...
Category
Late 19th Century African Late Victorian Antique Bookends
Materials
Onyx
Mid-Century Brass and Leather Horse Head Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking pair of vintage brass and leather horse head bookends, circa 1970s. The bookends are in good vintage condition with a beautiful patina and measure 8.25"W x 4"D x 8.25"H. Perfect for your mid-century or Hollywood Regency decor...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Bookends
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Bookends with Music Sheet Pattern by Grafiche Tassotti & Figli, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of lovely and large triangular Midcentury book ends from the 1950s, executed by Tassotti & Figli, Bassano, Italy. Made of wood, covered wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Wood, Paper
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass Bookends #3653
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass Bookends #3653. Patinated and polished brass bookends. Classic 1950's design still handcrafted using traditional me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Wooden Antique Venetian Shelves with Caryatids, Wall Consoles
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
M/1584 - Unusual pair of wooden shelves with caryatids: perfect with a simple wooden shelf.
They were in a Venetian house.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Beaux Arts Antique Bookends
Materials
Wood
Vintage Pair of Carl Auböck Bronze and Leather Bookends
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Nice vintage pair of solid bronze biomorphic bookends with hand-stitched leather sleeves. Stamped "Aubock Bronze" to each example.
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Chat et Dogue Art Deco Bookends of a Cat and a Dog from Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
“Chat et Dogue” (French: cat and dog)
Original “Max Le Verrier”, signed
Art Deco style, France
Sculpture made in “Régule” (spelter)
Green patina - Handwork, patina could be dif...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Mid-Century Modern Architectural Brass Globe Bookend & Decorative Object, 1970s
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mid-Century Modern polished brass ball orb sculptural bookend. The design features a round spherical globe beautifully enhanced by a square walnut wood Stand, adding an architectural...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Vintage Large Sculptural Iron Jack by Bill Curry
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage large handmade iron Jack by Bill Curry.
Large vintage original handmade cast iron Jack, Jax, designed by Bill Curry of Design Line, 1967.
This jack is made of cast iron and is in original condition.
Great addition to any decor, Industrial retro Pop Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Iron
2 Iron Hammered Art Deco Bookends Vienna Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
2 iron hammered Art Deco bookends vienna around 1920s
Original condition.
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century PMC Brass Horse Bookends. C.1970 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of brass plated brass horse bookends.
Original felt and lables.
Made by Philadelphia Manufacturing Co. (PMC)
Good condition: no chips.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Bookends
Materials
Brass
Bookends Pair of Alabaster or Marble Dice-Shaped Spain 20th Century
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
alabaster or marble dice-shaped bookends
I am not a player but for some reason when I see a dice or a card from the deck I associate it with something p...
Category
20th Century Spanish Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Alabaster
Cubist Cat Bookends by Franjou, France, 1930s
By Franjou
Located in Antwerp, BE
Cubist Art Deco Bookends with Cats.
These animal bookends have gold patinated metal – spelter cats mounted on marble bases.
Both bookends with cat sculpt...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Oversize Art Deco Bronze Plated Trojan Horse Bookends, c.1930 (FREE SHIPPING)
By Champion Products LA, Philip Di Napoli
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
An original pair of large Art Deco bronze plated metal Trojan horse bookend designed and signed by Phillip Di Napoli. Manufactured by Champion Products, Los Angeles. Both pi...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Pair of Small Antique Elephant Bookends, Anglo Indian, Ebony, Victorian, C.1890
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of small antique elephant bookends. An Anglo-Indian, ebony and bone carved animal novel or book rest, dating to the late Victo...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Bookends
Materials
Ebony
Mid-Century Jacks Iron Bookends Attributed to Bill Curry for Design Line
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For your consideration is this handsome mid-century pair of Jacks bookends composed of rough cast iron with partially polished detailing. Each bookend is solid metal and weighs over ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Iron
Antique French Art Deco Bookends by Maurice Frecourt 1925 Toucan Black Marble
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Marvelous pair of French Art Deco bookends by Maurice Frecourt 1925. Very desired Toucans holding Sphere model.
Made out of Nero Marquina black marble & spelter with amazing patina...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Pair of Bronze Clad Cherub Art Deco Bookends by Art Bronze
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous pair of bronze clad cherub Art Deco bookends by Art Bronze, circa 1930s. They are in original condition with a fine patina, some light oxidation an...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Rare 1940s Vintage Bronze Doll Head Mold Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and enigmatic rare piece. This vintage 1940s Doll Head mold is constructed of solid cast bronze. An incredible addition to your décor style. With sculpted features, this pi...
Category
1940s American Industrial Vintage Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Secondo Fuoco Contemporary Bookends in Bronze
By TIPSTUDIO
Located in Florence, IT
Secondo Fuoco is an investigation into bronze, a reflection on the multiple souls of matter: its mineral origin, re-obtained by smelting processes and it...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Carl Auböck #3853 Vase "Double Noose", Austria, 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #3853 vase "Double Noose", Austria, 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Bookends
Materials
Brass, Wire
Sculptural Jack / Jax Bookend / Paperweight in the Style of Bill Curry
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice sculptural jack / jax bookend, door stop or paperweight the style of Bill Curry for Design Line, circa 1970s. The piece is in good vintage condition with a nice patina and mea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Taiwanese Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Chrome
Antique Folio Stand, Anglo Indian, Folding Book Rest, Desktop, Victorian, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique folio stand. An Anglo-Indian folding book rest, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Compact and distinctive fold...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Bookends
Materials
Teak
Solid Cast Brass Horseshoe Bookends
Located in Elkhart, IN
A charming pair of cast solid brass horseshoe bookends.
USA, Mid-20th Century
Measures: 4.13"W x 4"D x 4.63"H.
Good original vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Country Bookends
Materials
Brass
Alfred James Perry, Mid-Century Turtle Bookends, Signed & Dated, circa 1950
Located in Chatham, ON
ALFRED JAMES PERRY - mid-century - folk art - turtle form bookends - articulated shell and features - each hand carved from a solid block of pine - weighted - original finish - each ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Softwood
Petrified Wood Big Set of 2 Bookends
Located in Paris, FR
Bookends Petrified Wood Big Set of 2 all
in solid petrified wood, in polished finish.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Bookends
Materials
Petrified Wood
Italian Art Deco Style Bull and Bear Bookends/Paperweights
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1167 Italian art deco style bull and bear bookends/paperweights solid brass on marble bases
bull 2.5x5.5x8"
bear 2.5x5x6.5".
Category
1960s Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Brass
Pair of Uniquely Designed Stained Glass and Brass Bookends, Un-matching
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of stained glass and brass bookends, good quality.
Stunning in design, optics and color.
Perfect for displaying your favorite books on any shelf, dresser, table or countert...
Category
20th Century American Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pâques Set of 2 Bookend
Located in Paris, FR
Bookend Pâques set of 2 in earthenware,
presented in a subtle and luxury gift box.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bookends
Materials
Earthenware
Antique Cast Iron Gold Painted 7" Cockatoo Parrot Figurine Bookend Doorstop
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Cast Iron Gold Painted 7" Cockatoo Parrot Figurine Bookend Doorstop. Circa 1900. Measurements: 7" H x 3.5" Diameter.
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Bookends
Materials
Iron
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass Bookends #3651
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass Bookends #3651. Patinated and polished brass bookends. Classic 1950's design still handcrafted using traditional me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Extensive Collection of 19th Century Leather Bound Books Priced Per Book English
Located in Buchanan, MI
Extensive collection of 19th century leather bound books, priced per book, various colors, sizes, most with embossed gilt decoration. This is just a partial offering of what we have,...
Category
19th Century North American Georgian Antique Bookends
Materials
Leather
Mid-Century Scandinavian Bookends in Teak, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A set of 3 bookends in teak with metall rest's probably manufactured by either FM Møbler or ESA in Denmark during the 1960s. Measurements: Heights: 12 cm, Dept: 11 cm. The price is f...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Aluminum
Lovely Pair of Hand Carved Art Deco Turtle Sculptures Out of Oakwood Bookends
Located in Lisse, NL
Endearing pair of stylish and quality carved turtle bookend.
If you like animal sculptures in general and turtles and turtle sculptures in particular then you will love this pair ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Wood, Oak
1980 Italy Post-Modern Abstract Sculpture Alessandro Guerriero Portabuono Qua
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Alessandro Guierriero, it is a multiple of a serie of specimens made in limited edition not numbered.
The set is forged in aluminum and...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Bookends
Materials
Aluminum
Pompeian Bronze Lion Bookends by Paul Herzel
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Beautiful pair of bronze clad lion bookends by Pompeian Bronze with excellent patina. Good size and weight bookends. Not a common design by Pompeian Bron...
Category
1920s American Neoclassical Vintage Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Mountain Petrified Set of 2 Bookends
Located in Paris, FR
Bookends Mountain Petrified Set of 2 all in petrified wood,
carved and polished, unique piece.
L14xD7,5xH25,5cm, each.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Bookends
Materials
Petrified Wood
Apollineo Bookend 2 in Leccese Stone and Hand-Painted Ceramic
By TIPSTUDIO
Located in Florence, IT
The Apollineo collection mergs classical and contemporary elements to define a unique aesthetic inspired by Mediterranean architecture and vibes. Sun-blessed pure volumes, shapes mar...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Bookends
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Don Shoemaker for Señal Bookends in Solid Cocobolo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of solid wood bookends by Mexican-American designer Don Shoemaker for his company, Señal. Rendered in highly figured cocobolo wood, a species of local tropical wood similar to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Cocobolo
Pair of Greenhouse Bookends Art Deco Wrought Iron stamped Zadounaïsky
Located in NANTES, FR
Pair of greenhouses wrought iron bookends stamped Zadounaisky.
In very good shape.
Measures: Height: 12.4 cm
Length: 16 cm
Width: 4 cm
Weight: 3,250 kg
Son of Russian emigrants, Michel Zadounaisky moved to France in 1916.
In 1920, he discovered wrought iron work by joining the Fournet chandelier factory. He also devotes himself to embossing in the round, that is to say the confrontation with metal with the sole tool of a hammer, and with the help of fire, techniques in which he is a past master. In 1924, he opened his first studio in Lyon and worked there until 1953, when he became one of the emblematic figures of Lyon's decorative arts.
From the 1930s, his theme was personalized, and appeared a whole bestiary of animals sometimes bordering on the fantastic and the strange.
Naturalized in 1948, Michel Zadounaisky continues to create, in close and intimate collaboration with Buer (binder) and Dumaine (glassmaker), objects intended for a wealthy and enlightened clientele. Eager to abolish the boundary between the liberal arts and the useful arts, he is a craftsman, an artist, and perhaps the only Art Deco iron sculptor...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Wrought Iron
Art Deco Matching Pair of Figural Bookends, Marble, c1930's
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration are these very attractive matching Art Deco bookends which date to the 1930s. Originating from France the figures are made from plaster and sit on solid tri co...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
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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