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Bookends For Sale
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
Metal Face Bookends
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage metal bookend set featuring abstract face and hand details, reminiscent of Picasso’s style.
CONDITION
Good; minor loss to the finish around the base and hands.
Category
20th Century Bookends
Materials
Metal
Gilt Bronze Native North American Indians Bookends, France, 1920
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Fantastic bronze bookends. Gilt bronze sculptures of North American native tribal chief. Mounted over green marble. Signed A. Bofill and numbered 35 an...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Car Driver Silvered Bronze Automobilia Bookends , Signed G. Lorenzini
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Fantastic detailed pair of car driver´s bookends. Silver plated bronze. Signed G. Lorenzini. Perfect for a automobilia fan. Perfect gift for Car Mascot - Hood Ornament
We have speci...
Category
1910s Unknown Art Nouveau Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Silver Plate
Pair of MCM "A to Z" Gold Leaf Finish Iron Bookends by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in San Diego, CA
Fun pair of mid-century modern iron "A to Z" bookends with gold leaf finish by Curtis Jere, circa 1960s. The bookends are in very good vintage condition with a great patina and meas...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Bookends
Materials
Cut Steel, Gold Leaf
Fratelli Mannelli Travertine Bookends, Italy, c.1970
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Fratelli Mannelli Travertine Bookends, Italy, c.1970.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Travertine
Pair of Sculptural German Art Nouveau Brass Bronze Bookends 1900
Located in Berlin, DE
Decorative pair of Art Nouveau brass/bronze bookends.
Germany, 1900s.
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Teak Elephant Bookends - a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of Asian elephant bookends made of teak. Hand carved with trunks raised triumphantly, used to signify good fortune, positive energy, and prosperity. Simple lines define the fe...
Category
Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Teak
"Comedy and Tragedy", Pair of Gilded Bronze Bookends Celebrating Theatre, 1922
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare, perhaps unique, this stunning pair of gilded bronze bookends depict the ancient figures of Comedy and Tragedy in a modern way, each head poised on a closed book to in...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Mid Century Aluminum Jacks / Jax Bookends
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Mid Century Aluminum Jacks / Jax Bookends.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Aluminum
Highly Decorative Pair of Hand-Carved Art Deco Era, Wooden Sitting Bear Bookends
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and nice quality carved sitting bear bookstands.
These hand-carved bears with their curiously looking eyes are beautiful in both shape and color and they are a joy to own and ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pair of Vintage Cast Iron Owl Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice pair of vintage cast iron owl bookends circa 1970s. The bookends are solid with with a great patina and measure 3"W x 4.25"D x 6.75"H. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Brutalist Bookends
Materials
Iron
Italian Alabaster Bookends
Located in Richmond, VA
Beautiful, carved coral colored alabaster bookends in a curved shape. A sticker on the base reads, Genuine Alabaster Hand Carved, Made in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
Fermo Red Doorstop by Martinelli Venezia
Located in Milan, IT
Fermo is a metal doorstop, characterized by a playful anthropomorphic form, expertly shaped from a thick slab, giving the project robustness and durability. The two legs, positioned ...
Category
2010s Italian Bookends
Materials
Steel
Folding Hand Carved Moroccan Wood Book Holder Display
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Folding hand carved wood Moroccan book display or stand.
Handcrafted sheesham wood book holder with foliage design.
Perfect to showcase a beautiful book, Holly book, Bible, Koran.
Di...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Bookends
Materials
Wood
Anton Chotka Gilt Bronze Ballet Dancer Bookends, Austria c.1900´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Anton Chotka (Austrian, 1875-1925) Pair of dancig women gilt bronze bookends. The base is a bronze carpet with high details. Signed Chotka and stamped Aus...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Piero Fornasetti Book End
Located in Toronto, ON
This is a charming one half of a rare Fornastti bookend. It is nonetheless a wonderful collectible and highly decorative
accent piece for a desk, or bookshelf display.
Who knows may...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal
Late 19th century pair of Black Forest carved walnut bookends, Circa 1900
Located in Central England, GB
A Fine Pair of Black Forest Carved Walnut Bookends, Circa 1900
This decorative and rare pair of black forest walnut bookends are carved in solid walnut each from one piece of rich dense timber in the form of two 18th century rural musicians. They are both similarly dressed in working clothes from the black forest region of this time with a jacket, waistcoat plus fours, wooden clogs and a wide brimmed hat. One is playing a simple bagpipe instrument and the other is a wooden horn...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Bookends
Materials
Walnut
Pair Frankart Parrot Bird Book Ends
Located in Westport, CT
Pair art deco Silver Finish Frankart co Parrot Book ends 1930's
with gun metal bases
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal
Coppia di fermalibri in travertino, Enzo Mari, anni '70
By Enzo Mari
Located in Rivoli, IT
Coppia di fermalibri in travertino a forma di Gatto, anni '70
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Bookends
Materials
Travertine
Polished Stainless Steel Bookends, Former Hand or Glove Molds, circa 1960
By Industrial Production
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning pair of industrial stainless steel hand or glove molds has its use turned into bookends. The rare pieces were crafted in France circa 1960. Those rare forms are the fem...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Cut Steel, Steel, Stainless Steel
Art Deco silvered bronze Marabou stork bookends by Marcel Bouraine France 1925
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco silvered bronze Marabou stork bookends by Marcel André Bouraine.
Signed & numbered. Silvered bronze on green marble base.
France 1925.
With COA.
Literature:
Art Deco and...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ionic Bookend no:2 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 c...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Bookends
Materials
Statuary Marble
Pair of Brass "Doors to Library of Congress" Bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of rare solid brass "Humanitas & Intellectus" collectible bookends with "The Doors to the Library of Congress" on the frontside manufactured by Virginia Metalcrafters,...
Category
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Bookends
Materials
Brass
Italian Red Marble and Brass Bookends with Deer and Doe, Early 1900s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Red marble and brass bookends with deer and doe, early 1900s.
Pair of bookends in red marble and brass. The basic structure is in the shape of an "L", with rounded corners o...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Bookends
Materials
Marble, Brass
American Aestheticism, Griffoul Foundry Sculptural Bronze Bookends, Early XX C.
By M. Peinlich
Located in New York, NY
A charming set of bronze bookends. One of the bookends depicts a figure of a young girl with a questioning face expression, holding a bouquet; and the other a cupid, who peeks around...
Category
Early 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Brutalist Mixed Metals Owl Bookends by Jarnuszkiewicz et Michel
Located in San Diego, CA
Cool and rare pair of MCM brutalist style mixed metals owl bookends by Jarnuszkiewicz et Michel, circa 1960s. The bookends are solid with with a great patina and measure 12.5"W x 5"...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Brutalist Bookends
Materials
Brass, Steel
Pair 19th Century French Napoleon III Period Bronze Dore Andirons, Bookends
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th century French Napoleon III period bronze dore Andirons ~ bookends depict two charming cherubs playing music! Originally the decorative portion of a pair of andirons, they're perfect for decorative accents or bookends. Each figure is holding a musical instrument, with one also having sheet music in his lap. Each is seated on lavishly designed Baroque lion...
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Bookends
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Antique Extending Book Slide, English, Novel Rest, Home Library, Victorian, 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a charming antique extending book slide. An English, rosewood novel rest, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880. Elegantly crafted with fine materials and tasteful fretw...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Bookends
Materials
Rosewood
Vintage Brass Horse Head Sculpture / Bookend
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Brass Horse Bust on a marble base
Category
1970s Unknown Hollywood Regency Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Brass
Porcelain Horse Bookends Decorative Object Sculptures European
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and fine pair of white and gold porcelain horse or equine bookends or decorative objects/sculptures, circa late-20th century, Portugal. Pieces have beautiful detail in ma...
Category
Late 20th Century Portuguese Bookends
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Bronze Andirons
Located in Dallas, TX
Pair 19th century French Bronze Louis XVI style andirons were cast in the Classic manner revived during the reign of King Louis XVI to return the court to a manner consistent with th...
Category
1880s French Louis XVI Antique Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Mid-Century Hand Carved Wood Horse Head Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice pair of mid-century hand carved mahogany horse head bookends, circa 1970s. The bookends are heavy, solid and well crafted. They measure 11"W x 3.5"D x 10"H and would make...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Bookends
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Modern Astrolite Products Lucite Arched Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a great set of modern Lucite bookends by Astrolite. In excellent condition.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Lucite
1930 Bookends in Solid Rosewood with Its Saint Gobain Block of Glass
By Bernard Richters, Saint Gobain
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Sculptural bookends in the style of Bernard Richter’s.
In solid rosewood, it is heavy, with a beautiful old patina.
The block of glass is from Saint G...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Wood, Glass
Libbiloo' Circus Horse Bookends by Russel Wright, 1928
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An early pair of nickel-plated, fanciful 'Libbiloo' circus horse bookends by Russel Wright, designed in 1928. Each marked RW.
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal, Nickel
Unique Leaning Tower of Pisa Pair of Bookends, Modernist Italy 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Channeling old world glamor into your home decor, this set of two brass finish bookends is both a useful and decorative addition to your home office, library, study or lounge. Found ...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Glass Owl Bookends by Blenko
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Cool pair of MCM hand-blown glass owl bookends by Blenko, circa 1970s. The bookends are heavy and solid with a smooth back side a finish and a textural finish on the front. Very cool...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Blown Glass
Art Deco Style 'Swallow' Bookends in Molded and Frosted Crystal signed Lalique
By Lalique
Located in New York, NY
These gorgeous Art Deco Style 'Swallow' Bookends by the esteemed Art Glass Company 'Lalique' originate from France during the latter half of the 20th Century. Featuring truly elegant...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Crystal
Midcentury Modern Orange Metal Bookend, Made in England
Located in New York, NY
An English orange enamel expandable bookend, Midcentury Modern period, circa mid-20th century, England. Great design in a beautiful orange hue that...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pair of Art Deco Bookends, Cypress Burl Wood Spheres, French Mid-Century Modern
Located in ROUEN, FR
Pair of Art Deco Bookends, Cypress Burl Wood Spheres, French Mid-Century Modern
Circa 1940.
Impressive pair of oversized Art Deco bookends featuring large sculptural spheres crafte...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood, Cypress
Agate Geode Brown and White Natural Specimen Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial white and brown agate geode natural specimen sculpture piece. Piece makes a great standalone decorative object, bookend, etc.
Dimensions: 4.5" Depth x 5...
Category
Early 20th Century Organic Modern Bookends
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Agate
Pair of Mid Century Murano Art Glass Aqua and Gold Vetro Sommerso Book Ends
Located in Tustin, CA
Very striking pair of hand made and mouth blown in Italy, Murano art glass sommerso twist motif bookends in a vibrant shade of aqua blue color with rich golden center. The word "som...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Bookends
Materials
Murano Glass
COPPIA FERMALIBRI - Ottone argentato (base) é dorato(racchette) - USA 1980.
Located in Milano, IT
Coppia di ferma libri in ottone argentato e dorato ,con racchette da tennis .
In ottimo stato.
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Organic Modern Alabaster Marble Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A substantial organic modern alabaster marble sculpture, circa mid-20th century. This organic modern alabaster marble sculpture is all neutral tones w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Organic Modern Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
HARRIA, Bookend Set
Located in Lentate Sul Seveso, MB
Series of marble vases and bookends in the variants: lepanto red, alpi green and marquinia black.
Both bookends and vases feature a complementary structure that intersects, acquiring...
Category
2010s Italian Bookends
Materials
Marble
Bookends Pair Marble Art Deco Architectural Ochre
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Very fine quality evoking classic Art Deco architectural designs
- Beautiful form with the layered segmented curves creating soft yet bold fo...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Siena Marble
A Pair Ceramic Art Deco Bookends - Poodles - by Sèvres - Paul Millet
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful set of ceramic bookends, made by the French brand Sèvres, designed by Paul Milet.
The bookends are images of poodles, very nice and expressive, made in the typical red co...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
Boys Bookends in bronce and Marble, France , Style: Art Deco
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sign: Silvestre / Susse Fes Ej. Paris
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
Pu...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
A Pair of triangular lucite Bookends – France – 1970s
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A striking pair of triangular lucite bookends. Dating from the 1970s, these unique pieces stand out for their exceptional craftsmanship and the natural beauty of lucite, with each ed...
Category
1970s French Space Age Vintage Bookends
Materials
Lucite
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
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
Bronze 'The Angelus Prayer at Harvest' Bookends, a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of Art Deco period bronze bookends depicting a scene from ‘The Angelus’, an oil painting by French painter Jean François Millet, completed between 1857 and 1859. The scene dep...
Category
1930s Vintage Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Cast Iron Fleur De Lis Bookends, a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of heavy cast iron bookends. L shapes are decorated with a Fleur De Lis set in scrolls, angled to give the look of French wall brackets. Finished in a mottled maroon color. Di...
Category
Late 20th Century Bookends
Materials
Iron
Pair of Hard Stone Bookends, China, Early 20th Century
Located in Napoli, IT
Pair of Pho dog-shaped hard stone bookends.
The "Fantastic Beasts", protectors of the buildings, the base is finely engraved with plant-inspired motif...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Bookends
Materials
Stone
Set of Two 1930s Art Deco Wood and Iron French Bookends
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This is a set of two bookends that captures the essence of the Art Deco era. They blend contrasting materials, warm-toned wood with the darker, more rigid iron in a design that's bo...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Iron
Thomas Jefferson Cipher Brass Bookends, a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of scrolled brass bookends made by Virginia Metalcrafters for their Thomas Jefferson Cipher collection. The bookends are cast with a calligraphic monogram, and marked in the b...
Category
1980s American Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Bronze and Enamel Bookends, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Pair of bronze and enamel bookends. Signed E.F. Caldwell and Co.
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Bookends
Materials
Bronze
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.