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Bookends For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 1950s
Travertine Bookends
Located in Maywood, NJ
Travertine bookends are elegant and functional accessories for organizing and displaying books. Crafted from natural travertine stone, these bookends often feature unique patterns an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Bookends
Materials
Travertine
Ben Seibel by Jenfred-Ware Mid-Century Modern Brass Sculptural Dumbbell Bookends
Located in St. Louis, MO
Ben Seibel MCM sculptural dumbbell brass plated bookends with handles, designed for Jenfred-Ware and marketed for Raymor c.1950s. Nice vintage condition...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
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
Blue Eyes Set of 2 Bookends
Located in Paris, FR
Bookends blue eyes set of 2
all in hand painted porcelain.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bookends
Materials
Porcelain
Artisanal White Marble Ellipse Bookend, in Stock
Located in West Hollywood, CA
White marble home decor.
These bookends are made from hand cut white marble from Mexico. Each piece is carved from a solid block of marble and has...
Category
2010s Minimalist Bookends
Materials
Marble
Grouping of Eight Carl Auböck Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Grouping of eight Carl Auböck brass bookends. Includes one pair each of Models #3651, #3652, #3653 & #3654. Designed in the 1950s, these incredibly refined and sculptural bookends ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Sculptural Jacks Bookends
By Bill Curry
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid iron sculptural jacks bookends in a chocolate brown. Could also be used as doorstops. 1950s.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Vintage English Brass Lion and Unicorn Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Brass Lion and Unicorn Bookends Made in England. The Lion and Unicorn are symbols in the coat of arms of the UK. The lion represents England ~...
Category
1950s British Hollywood Regency Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Crystal and Brass Bookend by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Crystal and Brass Bookend by Dainte
Dimensions: D 19 x W 18 x H 15 cm.
Materials: Crystal and brass.
The multifaceted triangular bookend is brilliantly designed with light-bending c...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Bookends
Materials
Crystal, Brass
SAND bookend in Sandstone & Limestone by Meble Matters
Located in Singapore, SG
Crafted with care and precision, this bookend showcases the unique characteristics of sandstone and limestone. The captivating grains and textures of these natural stones create a st...
Category
2010s Singaporean Modern Bookends
Materials
Limestone, Sandstone
Pair of Brass Finish "Ladder-Form" Bookends by Ben Seibel for Jenfred Ware
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Ladder" bookends designed by Ben Seibel for Jenfred Ware in the 1950s (New York) and distributed by Raymor.
Beautifully aged with a rich, patinated brass finish. Wear throughout, as...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal
“Triumph Bookends" White Carrara Marble Minimalist Bookend by Aparentment
Located in Terrassa, Catalonia
The marblelous book end small is a minimalist style book end made of treated Carrara marble. The product consists of a solid marble prismatic block.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Minimalist Bookends
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
Brass Modernist Deco Style Gazelle Bookends Sculptures, a Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Brass Modernist Deco Style Gazelle bookends sculptures, a pair
Offered for sale is a pair of brass gazelle art deco or modernist style bookends or ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Brass
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
HARRIA, Marble Vase
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
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
Onyx, Stone, Metal
TOUR - Contemporairy black patinated bronze bookends
Located in LIEU-DIT BARAN, FR
Beautiful massive bronze bookends, black patinated.
Pair of bookends 50 x 50 x H.115 mm.
Weight 1300 Gr.
All the creative process is handled at the Studio Fabien Barrero+Carsenat, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Set of 2 Large Fin Bronze Bookends by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Large Fin Bronze Bookends by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 12 x D 8 x H 16 cm
Materials: Bronze
Fin bookends come in two sizes...
Category
2010s Australian Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Carl Auböck Pair of #4635 Bookends "Drop with a Hole", Austria, 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck pair of #4635 bookends "Drop with a Hole", Austria 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Geometric Onyx Bookends
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Handcrafted genuine onyx bookends with geometric design. Carved and polished natural striped onyx. Each piece is unique and features variegated colors in white, beige, tan, brown, and taupe. Makes a chic desk...
Category
2010s Pakistani Organic Modern Bookends
Materials
Onyx
Salta Round Black 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
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Crystal and Brass Bookend by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Crystal and Brass Bookend by Dainte
Dimensions: D 19 x W 18 x H 15 cm.
Materials: Crystal and brass.
The multifaceted triangular bookend is brilliantly designed with light-bending c...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Bookends
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Pair of Quartz Crystal Geode Bookends in Blue and White
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pair of natural quartz crystal bookends with vibrant hues of blue. The hand carved specimens feature polished fronts with rough live edges. Made of crystallized minerals that take th...
Category
2010s Brazilian Organic Modern Bookends
Materials
Agate, Quartz
Cuyo Medium 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
Don Quichotte and Sancho Panza Art Deco Bookends by Janle for Max Le Verrier
By Janle, Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
“Don Quichotte” (and Sancho Panza)
Designed in France by “Janle”, signed
Original “Max Le Verrier”
The very detailed handmade artwork is perfectly able to hold even heavy books...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
1952 Brass Eagle Bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of brass spread-wing eagle bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters, stamped 1952. The eagle is shown with its wings fully spread and a laurel branch and bundle of arrows clutched in its left talon. The eagle clutches a Union shield across its breast. The Union shield has a chief with three stars and six stripes completing the design.
The eagle motif in décor and Folk Art has been widely used throughout our nation's history, most notably as part of our Great Seal. The founders of the United States were fond of comparing their new republic with the Roman Republic, in which eagle imagery, usually the golden eagle, was prominent. On June 20, 1782, the Continental Congress adopted the design for the Great Seal of the United States depicting a bald eagle grasping 13 arrows and an olive branch with its talons.
When Charles Thomson put together the final design for the Great Seal, he placed a bundle of arrows in the eagle's left (sinister) talon. The official description specifies the bald eagle holding "in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows." The thirteen arrows are tightly aligned – a symbol of "strength in unity" that's found in the traditional cultures everywhere, from the Romans to the Iroquois— in this case a nod to the unity of the original 13 colonies. William J. Loth founded Virginia Metalcrafters in 1890, under the name Waynesboro Stove Company. The company, which made ornately cast Cook...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
OO+II Bookends (Set of 2)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Exuberant aluminum bookends to upgrade your minimal shelves.
Category
2010s Bookends
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Italian Alabaster Owl Bookends
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Italian Alabaster Owl Bookends. Expressive faces with glass eyes gives these bookends a striking presence.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
Vintage Polished Brass Rare Unicorn Bookend Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage solid polished brass bookend sculpture with nice weight circa 1950s.
Category
1950s British Hollywood Regency Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Salta Large Square 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 that led us to design our largest collection. It has pure and contemporary lines, a classic vision but with modern design. The chosen materials are alpaca and onyx...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Bookends
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Red Jasper Bookends
By Didoni
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of bookends made of solid red jasper, in the shape of a capital with acanthus leaves.
Category
2010s Italian Bookends
Materials
Stone
Salta Round Blue 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 Medium Alpaca Silver & Bordeaux 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
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Cuyo Large Alpaca Silver & Bordeaux 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
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
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #1937 'Bamboo' Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #1937 'Bamboo' bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed hand cut and polished bamboo and brass....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern 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
Venezia Bookend Cannaregio
By Morici
Located in Recanati, IT
Wonderful way to embellish a clean and minimalist or traditional bookcase: this pair of bookends is a real art object entirely worked and veneere...
Category
2010s Italian Other Bookends
Materials
Steel
Pausa Book Divider, Beech Wood
Located in Zapopan, Jalisco
The best way to enter the universe of writing is through books and its reading in stimulating pauses. The collection of dividers and paperweights owe their names to these moments: Pa...
Category
2010s Mexican Minimalist Bookends
Materials
Beech
Salta Round Brown 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
Low Tech Grey Matters Book Ends
By Lyon Beton
Located in VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-SAÔNE, FR
The concrete grey matters book ends designed by Bertrand Jayr for Lyon Béton put the hemispheres of the brain literally at either end of the houses of our ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Scandinavian Modern Bookends
Materials
Concrete
Brass Fold Bookend by Stem Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Fold Bookend by Stem Design
Dimensions: D 11 x W 11 x H 18 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Finish: Tumbled and burnished.
Weight: 2,5 kg.
Finished and assembled by hand in India. Please contact us.
Fold bookend captures the recurring act of turning a page as a sculptural object. The simplified form reveals a bold character by allowing the material to take over the conversation. Designed to be used as a bookend, the interior surface reveals itself mysteriously as you move around it. Fold layers on as a metaphor in space beautifying its timeless nature. Sand cast in solid brass, each piece is finished working closely with master artisans.
The objects layers on as a metaphor and showcases the beauty of being who you are. It strips off all the layers of ornamentation and artificial finishes to build an immediate and intuitive connection with the product that lasts a lifetime.
Stem is a contemporary Indian...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
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 column styles used in Greece; V...
Category
2010s Turkish Classical Greek Bookends
Materials
Statuary Marble
Original Max Le Verrier Cueillette Art Deco Style Bookends in Spelter and Marble
Located in Ulm, DE
“Cueillette”
Original “Max Le Verrier”
Art Deco style, France.
Ladies with flower baskets
Bookends made in “Régule” (spelter / whitebronze)
signed
Socle in black stone (co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Cast Iron Siamese Cat Door Stop with Gold Remnant
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Art Deco Modern cast iron Siamese Cat door stop with gold paint remnants. Rare hard to find Sculptural Cat. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, paint mostly gone.
Category
1950s American Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Iron
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass Bookends #4636
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock patinated brass bookends #4636. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same standards, high-quality materials, original m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Salta Medium Square Cream 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
Library Bookend, Brass Baroque Whale
Located in Praha, CZ
New castings according to the original from the second half of the 19th century. Patinated brass 0.7 kg!
Category
2010s Czech Baroque Bookends
Materials
Brass
Unique Vintage 1950s Black Marble Horse Head Bookends with Brass Plate
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Explore the elegance and timeless design of our extraordinary pair of vintage circa 1950s stone bookends. These unique bookends are meticulously crafted from the finest marble, ensuring their great condition and long-lasting beauty.
At the focal point of each bookend is a meticulously detailed horse-head design, expertly carved from premium black marble. These sculpted horse heads rest atop a rectangular brass plate, which has been newly cleaned and polished to a gleaming finish. The combination of the dark, rich marble and the golden hue of the brass creates a striking contrast that is sure to catch the eye.
The horse bookends are further enhanced by their rectangular marble base, adding an extra layer of sophistication and elegance. These vintage black marble horse...
Category
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Stone, Brass, Metal
Monkeys Readers Bookends Set of Two in Bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Bookends set of 2 Monkeys readers
in casted solid brass. On noble blackened wooden base.
Each piece is: L 12.7 x 10 x H 12.5cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3652 Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3652 brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass.
Produce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Murano Art Glass Apple and Pear, Hand Blown, Blue, Purple, Excellent Condition
Located in Kansas City, MO
Murano art glass apple and pear Sommerso blue and purple designed by Alfredo Barbini. Both have two flat surfaces for display or can be used as bookend...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of “Dilàdiquà” Bookcases from “Trasformatio” Collection, Italy 1940/2022
Located in Napoli, IT
Pair of “DilàDiquà” bookcases from the “Trasformatio” collection,
design Michele Iodice exclusively for the Esprit Nouveau gallery.
Limited Edition 2/2
Movable structures in b...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Bookends
Materials
Iron
Ben Seibel Orb Bookends, Brass, Jenfred-Ware
Located in New York, NY
Ben Seibel Orb bookends, brass. Pair of rounded sculptural brass over white metal bookends with cutout handles - the form resembling Turkish kettlebells. The warm patina to the brass...
Category
1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal, Brass
Cesare Lacca Magazine Trolly from the 50s
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Catania, IT
Magazine trolly Cesare Lacquer from the 50s in wood with three glass surfaces and very nice golden metal wheels to store magazines efficiently and also easily transportable.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal
Philipp Mainzer Set of 2 'Stop' Bookends in Onyx for E15 Selected
Located in Tilburg, NL
Philipp Mainzer Set of 2 'Stop' Bookends in Onyx for E15 Selected. One 10cm version and one 17cm version. New, current production.
With its cubic form, the book end STOP ONYX is a valuable accessory. Carved from finest onyx, chosen in pale green Verde or warm spice tones of Fantastico the sculptural shape emphasizes pure material, making it a refined and striking desk or shelf accessory...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Post-Modern Bookends
Materials
Onyx
Limes Bookends by Imperfettolab
Located in Geneve, CH
Limes bookends by Imperfettolab
Dimensions: 25 x 25 x H 41 cm
Materials: Fiberglass
Imperfetto Lab
Who we are ? We are a family.
Verter Turroni, Emanuela Ravelli and our child...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Bookends
Materials
Fiberglass
Substantial Pair of Etched Crystal Globe Bookends by Nicole Miller
Located in San Diego, CA
Substantial pair of etched crystal globe bookends by Nicole Miller, circa 2000s. The bookends are in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measure 9.5"W x 4.75"D x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Bookends
Materials
Crystal
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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