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Bookends For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Regency
Mountain Goat Bookends
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A pair of mountain goats traverse the edges of a cliff in this adventurous pair of bookends. There is a mythological quality to these carved soapstone pi...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Soapstone
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
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
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
Art Deco Bookends in Ceramic with the Shape of Lion Heads
Located in London, GB
Two original Art Deco ceramic bookends depicting lion heads, attributed to Jan Schonk who designed for Royal pottery factory Gouda.
Category
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
Walter von Nessen Art Deco Bookends
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of sculptural Art Deco bookends, designed by Walter Von Nessen for Chase, unsigned, American, circa 1930s. They are believed to be constructed of brass, but have taken on a warm...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal, 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 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
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
"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
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 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
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 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 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 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
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
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
Pair of Art Deco Brass Bull and Bear Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American Art Deco bookends with a brass bull and bear mounted on a black pedestal plinth (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Brass
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
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
Cast Glass Lalique Mascot Style Art Deco Horse Head Bookends
Located in Ferndale, MI
Period Art Deco era bookends in frosted glass cast as horse heads . .
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Glass
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
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
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
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
Bronze Cat Bookends
Located in London, GB
An unusual pair of Art Deco, patinated bronze bookends in the form of stylized, stretching cats.
Category
1930s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Bronze
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
"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
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
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
"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
Hippolyte Moreau Pair Of Art Deco Bookends
Located in NANTES, FR
Pair of art deco bookends in copper spelter representing a bulldog with glass eyes on a marble base.
In very good condition.
Signed H. Moreau
Note a lack in the patina on the back o...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Spelter
Delassement by Max Le Verrier Art Deco Style Bookends Sculptures Reading Ladies
Located in Ulm, DE
“Delassement”
Original “Max Le Verrier”
Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Max Le Verrier” (1891-1973)
Art Deco style, France.
These sculptures by Max Le Verrier encaps...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Marble and bronze rabbit bookends 1930s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Brighten up your bookcase with these stunning marble and bronze rabbit bookends. Made of high-quality marble and bronze, these bookends have a charming design that will brighten up ...
Category
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Art Deco Toucans Bookends, 1930s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco toucans bookends, France, 1930's. Bronze, bakelite and marble. Silver plated bronze. Bakelite balls. Each - Height: 5.3"(13.5cm), Width: 6.1"(15.5cm), Depth: 3.15"(8c...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
Pair Art Deco Period Spelter Bookends with Deer
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Pair of Art Deco period book ends with sculptures of deer. Made of casted spelter, patinated in multi color, brown and bronze-like color, on marble bases. In good condition with mino...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
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
1940s Set of Two Art Deco White and Black Marble Bookends
Located in Catania, Sicilia
A pair of art deco marble bookends manufactured in Italy in the Forties. On the black marble base there are a marble white polar orse, the two bookends are in good conditions overall.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble
Pair of Machine Age Art Deco Gear Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique pair of machine gge Art Deco gear bookends, circa 1940s. The bookends are made of a solid hard wood with aluminum and brass "gear" accents. They are in original condition with...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Brass, Aluminum
Hester Mabel White Art Deco Bronze Oriental Children Bookends
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning pair Art Deco cold painted bronze bookends mounted with Oriental Children figures by renowned sculptor Hester Mabel White (British, 1870-1948) and dating from around 1920. This iconic pair of bookends portrays two children in Oriental dress who clearly should be studying, both with books. One portrays a young girl seated and studiously reading her book while a young boy stands leaning on the upstand of the bookend and peers over watching...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
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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