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Bookends For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Folk Art
Black Bakelite & Nickel Bookend "Skyscraper" Table Lamp, 1920's
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Art Deco Manufacturers Finishing Company, Lib-O-Lite library bookend desk lamp. Featuring skyscraper form, spring loaded cast aluminum rectangular black bakelite step base with nick...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Brass, Aluminum, Nickel
Hollywood Regency Vintage Polished Brass Sculptures of Horses Bust Bookends
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Hollywood Regency polished gold brass horses bust bookends.
Gorgeous large heavy vintage pair of bookends with shiny gold bronze horse head.
These terrific equestrian bookends...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Art Deco Bookends with Brass Jumping Deer Sculptures on Marble Base
Located in Lisse, NL
Higher than average bookends with elegant deer sculptures attributed to Marcel Bouraine.
This highly stylish pair of hand-sculpted deer bookends is from the heydays of the Art Deco ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Brass
Art Deco Walter Von Nessen Bookends for Chase, Toy Soldiers in Brass & Bakelite
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Very rare pair of Walter Von Nessen toy soldier bookends in brass and bakelite. All original with beautiful patina and age. Hallmarked. Very slight separation at one corner, see photo.
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Bronze Bookends Deer Sculpture with Wooden Base, circa 1920s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco bookends slim deer sculpture with wooden base.
They have the Hagenauer style.
Art Deco dark green patinated bronze leaping deer bookends
Unsigned.
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Figural Ceramic Turkey Bookends in Taupe and Charcoal Grey Luster Glaze
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of Art Deco ceramic bookends are signed, but the maker could not be identified, but presumed to have been made in France in approximately 1935 in the period Art Deco style....
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
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
Art Deco Figural Bronze Bookends, Signed Herzig, 1930s
Located in Devon, England
Beautiful Art Deco chromed bronze bookends, depicting swift birds on an arched branch. Engraved BRONZE and signed HERZIG. Originating from France.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Bronze, Chrome
Chase Walter Von Nessen Horse Bookends Statue
Located in Oakland, CA
Extremely rare set of chase Equestrian bookends sculpture designed by Walter Von Nessen in 1932. Industrial Design incorporated with the latest mat...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Art Deco French Figural Bookends, circa 1935
Located in Devon, England
Stylish matching pair of Art Deco figural bookends dating to the 1930s. Originating from France the figures are made from cold painted spelter and res...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Pair of Very Large French Art Deco Bronze and Mahogany Bookends
Located in Miami, FL
A large, nice quality pair of French Art Deco handcrafted bronze and mahogany wood bookends, circa 1940. Delightfully heavy.
These attractive bookends featuring what appears to be...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Bronze
"Girl and Goose, " Rare Pair of Art Deco Bronze Bookends by Bach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully detailed, with a gorgeous deep patina, this rare pair of bronze bookends by Oscar Bach depict girls holding geese by the neck, like something out of a charming nursery rh...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Bronze
"Elizabethan Couple, " Male and Female Bronze Bookends by Jackson Co., Brooklyn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Made by the Wm. H. Jackson Company, which -- astonishingly -- has made high-quality objects from iron, bronze and brass since 1827 in Brooklyn -- this rare...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Just Andersen, Denmark, Two Rare Book Stands in Disko Metal with Seamen, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Just Andersen, Denmark. Two rare book stands in disko metal with seamen, 1940s.
Measures: 12 x 11.5 cm.
One with crack, the other with a missing piece.
Stamped.
Category
1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Dog Bookends, Ravas
By Ravas
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco bookends. A stylish silvered bronze figures of dogs by Ravas. The Breed of the dog looks like a Airedale Terrier, but not 100 percent sure.
Each dog is signed and numbered,...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Rare Art Deco Bookends, Indian Sculptures in Meditating Position on Marble Base
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique on 1stdibs and possibly worldwide.
It was in the early 20th century that meditation became known in Western society. Like many artists, the one who handcrafted the sculptures that were used to create these bookends probably traveled through Indonesia or India. These creative minds came back full of inspiration of all they had witnessed, because certainly back then, they entered a whole new world. The meditating males on these marble based bookends are made of silvered brass and the artist perfectly captured their serene faces, their turban head wear and their relaxed bodies. Sitting with their minds at rest and with their consciousness in the entire body or possibly focussed on breathing only, they would certainly arouse interest with western travelers...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Brass
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
Art Deco Turkey Bronze Bookends Signed Irenee Rochard
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Turkey bronze bookends signed Irenee Rochard. Very nice with original patina, mounted over marble bases.
Irénée René Rochard (French, 1906 ~ ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Grisby Bear Sculpture Bronze Bookends, France, circa 1925
By Ch. Soudant
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Grisby bear bronze bookends, France, circa 1925.
Mounted over brown marble base. signed Ch. Soudant, and foundry marks Susse freress ed. Paris. Very Nice sculpture of a pla...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco Bookends Young Satyrs by C. Charles on Marble Base, 1930
By C. Charles
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
French Art Deco bookends Young Satyrs by C. Charles on marble base, 1930
Lovely pair of Art Deco bookends with lying young satyrs by the French artist C. Charles. These wonderful, p...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Spelter
1930s Art Deco Design Marble And Brass Woodcock Bookends
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Bookend n the purest Art Deco style, pair of metal birds set on a marble pedestal.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Brass
Signed Bob McKnight Art Deco Green Plaster Bookends
By Bob McKnight
Located in Ferndale, MI
Beautifully style Art Deco bookends. Signed "A Bob McKnight design.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Plaster
Pair of 1920s Amsterdam School Solid Hardwood Large Bookends
Located in Lisse, NL
Great Amsterdamse school bookends with matching hardwood picture frame.
These stunning and angular design bookends from the 1920s are in very good condition. Both these bookends and...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Hardwood
Rare & Skillfully Crafted Pair of Patinated Brass, Alchemist Sculpture Bookends
Located in Lisse, NL
Striking early 20th century bookends with maker's mark.
Since mediëval times alchemy has been part of virtually all cultures around the globe. The artist who created these stunning ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Brass
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
"Child Knights, " Very Rare Set of Art Deco Bookends by Henry Richards Tile Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Enrobed in a delicious, rich caramel glaze, this set of whimsical yet dignified bookends depict a child knight, complete with helmet and shield, astride a donkey. The donkey is show...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Gold Jester Bookend on Black Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Deco gold jester bookend on black base. The jester is glad to watch over your books.
Category
20th Century Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Metal
Arts & Crafts Pair of Handcrafted Metal Bookends with Meaningful Symbolic Leaves
Located in Lisse, NL
Wonderful pair of hand-crafted, early 20th century bookends.
With the symbolic meaning of leafs ranging from hope, renewal, revival, fertility and growth to decay, sadness and even ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Modernist Chrome Bookends, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
Very stylish and rare two dimensional bookends depicting two rearing stallions. Both are totally authentic and originate from the 1930s. These fabulous Art Deco bookends rest on a ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Chrome
Pair of African Bronze Bookends Warrior in the Style of Hagenauer, circa 1930s
Located in Wien, AT
Pair of African bronze bookends warrior in the style of Hagenauer, circa 1930s
Wooden base.
Original condition.
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Wooden Art Deco Butcher Block Bookends with Integrated Table Light
Located in Lisse, NL
Coolest ever pair of bookends for butchers.
These Art Deco bookends from the 1920s can almost only have been made for, or commissioned by a butcher(s family). With the individual wo...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Metal, Brass
Seated Nude Male Bookends with Fine Bas Relief Detail
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and very fine, this set of bronze-toned bookends feature a nude male figure in repose, his arms resting on one knee, in a Renaissance setting topped with an arched cornice and p...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Bronze
1930 Bookends in Solid Rosewood with Its Saint Gobain Block of Glass
By Saint Gobain, Bernard Richters
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
Cast Glass Lalique Mascot Style Art Deco Horse Head Bookends
Located in Ferndale, MI
Period Art Deco equestrian horse head bookends in frosted finish cast glass .
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Glass
Pair of Marble Bookends Representing the Sport Golf
Located in Antwerp, BE
A pair of red Italian Breccia marble, gilt, silvered and brown patinated bronze bookends, representing the sport of golf.
On top of each one a dark patinated and gilt bronze golf...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Chrome-Plated Elephants Bookends French Art Deco
Located in Oakland, CA
Fun pair of Happy Elephants bookends. Rather cubist shape on a nice marble base. These little ones are sitting up straight ready to serve the most astute reading needs!
Measuremen...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Metal, Chrome
Beautiful Pair of Art Deco Cubist Bookends by Bouret
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Pierre Ernest Bouret.
Silvered and lacquered bronze bookends, from circa 1928, signed and numbered.
French sculptor Pierre Ernest Bouret (1897-1972) was a member of the Salon de...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Geometric Metal Bookends, attributed to Jacques Adnet, 1940s
Located in Atlanta, GA
These stunning French Art Deco modernist bookends from the 1940s have their design commonly attributed to Jacques Adnet's creations. The desk set pieces boast heavy polished cast alu...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal
Art Deco bookends with standing nudes Meditation by Fayral Pierre le Faguays
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bookends with standing nudes Meditation
Signed by Fayral, pseudonym of Pierre Le Faguays.
Cast at the Max Le Verrier foundry, France ca. 1930
Art Metal with green patina on Belgian Black marble base.
Literature:
Bronzes, sculptors and founders, H. Berman, Abage.
Art Deco and other figures, Brian Catley, Antique collectors club.
The dictionary of sculptors in bronze, James Mackay...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Metal
Pair of Bookends in Pewter with decoration of Adam and Eve by Just Andersen 1930
Located in Knivsta, SE
A beautiful Pair of Bookends in Pewter with decoration of Adam and Eve. Designed in 1930 by the famous designer Just Andersen (1884-1943) from Denmark and manufactured by the Swedish...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Pewter
Oversized Art Deco Bronze & Copper Trojan Horse Bookends c.1930 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
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An oversize pair of Art Deco bronze and copper plated Trojan horse bookends on thick, copper plated plinth. Original bottom and label on one bookend.
Shown with life size han...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Pair of 1930s Oak Bookends by Heals
By Heal's
Located in London, London
Bookends
Oak
By Heals
Both with Heals lozenge
U.K 1930s
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Oak
French Art Deco Pigeons Bookends, 1930s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco pigeon’s bookends, France, 1930s. Walnut. Measures: Each height 6.7"(17cm), width 7.7"(19.5cm), depth 3.75"(9.5cm).
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Walnut
Midcentury Marble and Brass Fish Bookends
Located in Pasadena, CA
Pair of fish bookends with marble pinkish base and brass angel fish. Measures approx - 3.25deep x 5 wide x 6.25 high.
Category
1960s American Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Brass
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
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
Rare Antique Pair of Art Deco Bookends Egyptian Revival Bronze Sphinx Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful pair of green onyx bookends with Egyptian sphinx sculptures.
These practical size, highly stylish and all handcrafted onyx marble bookends...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Art Deco parrot bookends by Georges Van de Voorde France 1925
Located in Antwerp, BE
A pair of Art Deco parrot bookends by Georges van de Voorde, Belgian artist who worked in France. Signed and with founders' seal. Lovely green patina, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Metal
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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