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Bookends For Sale
Early 20th Century Art Deco Bookends with Parrot Birds
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A pair of bookends from the French Art Deco period. Parrot or Paradise birds, made of casted spelter (zinc alloy) patinated in multiple colors. On onyx marble supports.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Onyx, Spelter
Pair of Cathay Frosted Lu Tung Imperial Glass Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and rare pair of Lu Tung frosted glass by Imperial glass designed by Virginia Evans.
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Bookends
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Silvered Sculpture of a Group of Monkey's Bookends, France, circa 1925
By E. Bourcart
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Very nice Art Deco bookends, pair of monkey’s figures. Mounted over green marble bases. Perfect to use for heavy books. Signed Bourcart, France, circa ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vintage Brass Teddy Bear Bookends
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage mid-century brass teddy bear bookends.
These pair of teddy bear would make a luxurious addition to any room, and especially as part of a nursery...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Art Deco Bookends in Silver Bronze
By Gauthier
Located in NANTES, FR
Bookends circa 1930 in silvered bronze representing a gazelle on a black marble base signed Gauthier.
Length: 14,5 cm
Width: 11 cm
Height: 16 cm
Weight: 3.2 kg
Joseph Gaut...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Cast Iron Vintage Door Stop of a Prancing Horse C1920
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous prancing horse door stop in cast iron. Great detail and patina.
Category
1920s British Industrial Vintage Bookends
Materials
Iron, Nickel
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
Vintage Cast Iron Sailing Ship Bookends
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage pair of cast iron sailing ship bookends. Marked Bron Met on back, overall wear to gold painted finish, felt bottoms missing.
Category
Early 20th Century North American Bookends
Materials
Iron
Artisanal Black Marble Ellipse Bookend, in Stock
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Black marble home decor.
These bookends are made from hand cut black marble from Mexico. Each piece is carved from a solid block of marble and has...
Category
2010s Minimalist Bookends
Materials
Marble
19th Century Brass Hand Paper Weight Bookend on Lucite Stand
Located in Pearland, TX
A fabulous 19th Century brass hand door knocker mounted on a lucite base. This could be used as a paper weight or bookend and would make a stylish addit...
Category
19th Century Antique 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
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
Vintage Foo Dog Bookend Tray
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage set of foo dogs mounted on a wood tray. These beautiful carved foo dogs rest on a conjoined tray that is ready for favorite titles or it can act a...
Category
1960s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Bookends
Materials
Wood
Italian Verde Dark Green Marble Bookends, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Italian dark green verde marble bookends in a classic design style, circa mid to late-20th century, 1970s, Italy. Beautifully carved details from one piece of marble. Dimen...
Category
1970s Italian Classical Roman Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble
Italian Travertine Sculpture Elephant by Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, 1970s
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Wonderful sculpture by Fratelli Mannelli for Travertino di Rapolano. Elephant shape travertine sculpture from the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Travertine
"Grand Dad" Bronze Bookends, Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A detailed pair of "Grand Dad" bronze book ends designed in the 1920's by American bronze sculptor Gregory Seymour Allen (1884-1934). Both pieces are ...
Category
1920s Vintage Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Italy 1980 Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture Graziano Pompili
Located in Brescia, IT
This very interesting abstract bronze sculpture, it is a multiple in limited edition not numbered, in white.
The title Paesaggio con ombra, translate in Landscape with shadow.
These ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Rare Bookends by Pierro Fornasetti, circa's 1958
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare and original bookends by Pierro Fornasetti circa 1958. original condition.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal
Eagles Set of 2 Bookends
Located in Paris, FR
Bookends Eagles set of 2 made in gilt
metal. On blackened metal base.
Measures: L 14 x D 11.5 x H 17.5 cm each.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pair of Vintage MCM Mouse / Cheese Wedge Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
A whimsical pair of vintage MCM brass mouse on walnut cheese wedge bookends, circa 1970s. The bookends are in very good vintage condition and measure 8.25"...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Pair of French Spelter Bookends in Fish Shape and Marquinia Marble Base
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Original and rare pair of bookends in Art Deco style; the design is essential with bold, marked lines, overall pleasingly elegant and proportionate; the fish, made of spelter a schematic representation of two angel fish (Pterophyllum Scalare); the rectangular base with two shaped corners is made of black Marquinia marble; the pair was produced by sophisticated spelter casting in an artisanal workshop in Saint-Ouen, a quaint suburb of Paris, France, between 1930 and 1935; master craftsmen then finished the objects by hand to give them a delicate and graceful shape, then subjected them to a delicate and complex treatment with special and secret acids to make them take on elegant bronze hues, then they were placed on a precious base of elegant black Marquinia marble; the craftsmen were able to submit metal to their artistic sensibilities, creating two unique and fantastic objects. The Pterophyllium or angel fish (see photo), is a tropical freshwater fish...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Desert Rose Selenite Crystal Formation
Located in Miami, FL
‘Desert Rose’ selenite crystal
Formation desert roses are crystal clusters formed of gypsum barite and sand. It can take nature up to hundreds of th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier African Prehistoric Antique Bookends
Materials
Stone
Polychromed Art Deco Bookends with Drinking Panthers on Red Marble, France 1930s
Located in Ulm, DE
Bookends of Panthers in drinking pose
Chomed Bronze sculptures on red marble base.
Original Art Deco, France, 1930's.
Dimensions:
Width 12 cm
Height 10 cm
Depth 7.5 cm.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
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
Mexican Modern Bookends by Don Shoemaker
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Hand carved bookends made in Cocobolo by Mexican Modernist Don Shoemaker. Include original labels from his workshop in Señal Mexico.
Category
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Wood
Pair of Vintage Decorative Bookends, Asian, Pine, Figural Book Rest, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage decorative bookends. An Asian, stained pine figural book rest, dating to the late Art Deco period, circa 1940.
Mysterious and intriguing, great for colle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Bookends
Materials
Pine
Scott Medlock Capturing the Moment Hardcover Book 2010 Signed
By Scott Medlock
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Scott Medlock Capturing the Moment Hardcover Book 2010. Book is signed and autographed by SCOTT MEDLOCK.
As one of the worlds foremost artists, Scott Medlock has teamed with and pai...
Category
Late 20th Century American Expressionist Bookends
Materials
Paper
Pair of Bull & Bear Brass Bookends on Wood Bases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage 1970's Classic Bear & Bull brass bookends on wood bases. The bull is in a charging position, while the bear is standing upright.
Category
20th Century Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Silver Bronze Bookends
Located in NANTES, FR
Pair of bookends circa 1920 in silvered bronze on a portor marble base. Signed Bofill (Antoine Bofill- 1875- 1925).
In perfect condition.
Measures: Length: 17cm
Width: 10cm
Heigh...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
Art Deco Bronze Bookends Nymph and Faun by Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze bookends nymph and faun by Pierre Le Faguays. Patinated bronze on a Portor marble base with glass inlay. France 1925. These bookends are illustrated on page 328 of Ar...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Contemporary Handcrafted Bookend "Keres" in Oxidized Brass by Anaktae
By ANAKTAE
Located in Athens, GR
Contemporary, handcrafted bookend model "Keres" in oxidized brass with a curved contour.
This bookend is part of the "Proetus Series", a collection of six bookends in brass.
Variatio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Bookends by Judd Co. w/ Factory Label "The Student" ca. 1910
By Judd Co.
Located in Petaluma, CA
These bookends were done by the great makers Judd Co. Amazingly the factory label underneath is still intact and reads "The student". The patina is that sp...
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Bookends
Materials
Iron
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
Don Shoemaker Mexican Modern Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Hand carved bookends in Cocobolo by Mexican Modernist Don Shoemaker. Retains original labels from his workshop in Señal Mexico. This design was included in the 2017 Don S. Shoemaker ...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Cocobolo
Contemporary Book Ends in Stainless Steel, Minimal Design by Erik Olovsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Heavy Book Ends in bras. Small and elegant design but still heavy to hold your books.
Category
2010s Bookends
Materials
Brass
Italy 1980 Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Graziano Pompili
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense abstract bronze sculpture, it is a multiple in limited edition not numbered.
The title "Paesaggio con ombra", translated in Landscape with shadow.
These bronze sculpture...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Hagenauer Bookends Pair Leaping Gazelles Wien Made in Austria
Located in Oakland, CA
Hagenauer bookends pair leaping gazelles. Original had rubbed brass patina finish—stylized Haenauer animals, four of them intertwined and perfectly proportioned. The size is just enough to support books and still look sculptural and elegant. Both items are stamped on the flat side where you rest the books. “WHW” Made in Austria...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal, Brass
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
1980 Italy Post-Modern Alessandro Guerriero Abstract Sculpture Portabuono Quo
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
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
Pair of Beech and Copper Barrel Bookends, France, circa 1940
Located in Labrit, Landes
Pair of French bookends
Beech and copper, made in France
Shipping:
L 20 P D 15 H 12 1 kg.
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Copper
Pair of 1920s Brass Figurative Bookends with White Onyx Base
Located in Austin, TX
This pair of vintage brass and white onyx bookends dates to the 1920s and are clearly inspired by Rodin's 'The Thinker.' From time to time, similar bookends will surface, but differi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Bookends
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Pair of Thai Bronze Buddha Hands Fragments Repurposed as Bookends
Located in Hamburg, DE
Pair of Thai Bronze Buddha Hands Fragments repurposed as bookends.
The bronze fragments are mounted on simple wooden bases so that they can be...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai 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
Art Deco Marble Bookends, 1920s, French
Located in Den Haag, NL
2 Very nice art deco bookends. Marble base comes with silver plated pewter birds.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Granite Bookends
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous hand chisiled pair of gray green granite bookends in a Brutalist style. Very supportive and elegant. In excellent vintage condition.
Category
1960s American Brutalist Vintage Bookends
Materials
Granite
Sculptural Chrome Jack / Jax Bookend / Paperweight in the Style of Bill Curry
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid chrome sculptural chrome 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 p...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Chrome
Italian Modern Postmodern Green Verde Marble Box or Bookend, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial Italian Modern Postmodern square green Verde marble box, circa 1970s, Italy. Marble is predominantly medium and dark green hues with white veining. Top ha...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble
Pragma Sculpure Set of 2 Bookends
Located in Paris, FR
Bookends Pragma Sculpure Set of 2, with all
structure in solid bronze in green finish.
A/ L30xD17xH27cm.
B/ L33xD17xH28cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Richard Rohac, a Pair of Bookends, Austria, Mid-1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A pair of rare abstract bookends in solid bronze, designed by Richard Rohac, Austria, mid 1900s. Marked RR Made in Austria 7
In good condition, few small signs of wear / age rela...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Large Fossil / Stone Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
An impressive pair of large fossil bookends in a black and grey stone, circa pre-history. The pair has naturally formed patterns caused by fossilizatio...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Organic Modern Antique Bookends
Materials
Petrified Wood
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
Hand Carved Wooden Balinese Busts Sculptures
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage midcentury hand carved ebony wooden Balinese busts sculptures.
Hand carved sculpture in wood depicting a Balinese couple.
Bust of a man and wom...
Category
Mid-20th Century Balinese Folk Art Bookends
Materials
Wood
Post Modern White Enamel Bookends- a Pair
Located in Cordova, SC
Post modern metal bookends with white enamel paint. Sleek and simple design perfect for keeping your books standing tall. Not entirely sure of the exact manufacture date, but believe...
Category
Late 20th Century English Post-Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Don Shoemaker Sculpted Rosewood Bookends for Señal Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Don shoemaker sculpted rosewood bookends for Señal Furniture.
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Rosewood, Cocobolo
Vintage Handcrafted Brass Elephant Head Bookends, Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern pair of elephant head bookends made out of solid brass.
The set has the original condition, and it is not polished, it shows patina.
Great animal sculptures bookends.
Category
Mid-20th Century Korean Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
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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