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Bookends For Sale
Period: 2010s
Period: Mid-20th Century
Ronson Pair of Art Deco Bookends
By Ronson
Located in NANTES, FR
Pair of art deco bookends in white metal (regula), circa 1930. They represent children with butterfly wings, leaning against a book and holding a butterfly in the hand. A small frog ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Spelter
Brass and Granite Bookend, Signed by William Guillon
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass and granite bookend, signed William Guillon
Signed William Guillon
Limited edition of 20
Signed and numbered
Barocco granite, solid brass
Dimensions: H 30 cm x W 22 cm x D 12 cm
Handsculpted in France
At the crossroads between his hybrid influences William Guillon took, for this series, his inspiration in the 18th century romantic imagery, Caravaggio and still life. This is how he created a set of timeless objects which adress his favourite themes?: balance, tension and interplay of massive materials. Bronze, marble and copper cross...
Category
2010s French Post-Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Abstract Bronzed Copper Sculpture, circa 1960s
Located in New York, NY
A signed copper abstract sculpture on wood base, circa 1960s. Sculpture is copper, with a beautiful rich dark brown patina, adhered to rectangular wood base. Signature (illegible) on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Copper
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Tiger Bookends - France 1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Tiger Bookends - France 1930´s
Tigers are mounted over Belgium Black Marble.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Carl Auböck Bookends #3653
Located in Berlin, DE
Classic pair of Carl Auböck bookends in a patina and polish brass mix.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Vintage Equestrian Leather and Brass Buckle Bookends
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome saddle leather bookends with strap and brass buckle details and felted bases. Warm patina/light scuffs present consistent with age/use.
Measures...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Italian Hand Carved Onyx Deco Style Horse Head Bookends
Located in Bochum, NRW
Mid-century era pair of handcrafted art deco style horse sculpture onyx bookends.
Geometric design, Art Deco shaped reminding of the chess pieces, this pair of bookends are cut from...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Bookends
Materials
Onyx
Carl Auböck #3530-3 Bookends, Austria 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #3530-3 Bookends in Brass and Cane, Austria. New.
Category
2010s Austrian Bookends
Materials
Brass
Solid Cast Brass Anchor Bookends
Located in Elkhart, IN
A charming pair of cast solid brass anchor bookends. Perfect for your Nantucket, Cape, or Hamptons home!
USA, Mid-20th Century
Measures: 4"W x 4"D x...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Bookends with Music Sheet Pattern by Grafiche Tassotti & Figli, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
A pair of lovely and large triangular Midcentury book ends from the 1950s, executed by Tassotti & Figli, Bassano, Italy. Made of wood, covered wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Wood, Paper
Art Deco Folkart Pair Oak Hand Carved Figural Bookends
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual Art Deco folkart pair of hand carved oak bookends with figures dating from around 1930. The bookends have been carved from a single block of wood with a flat polished book...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Brass and Leather Horse Head Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking pair of vintage brass and leather horse head bookends, circa 1970s. The bookends are in good vintage condition with a beautiful patina and measure 8.25"W x 4"D x 8.25"H. Perfect for your mid-century or Hollywood Regency decor...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Vintage Brass Eagle Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Nice set of heavy brass Eagle bookends. Has thin felt on bottom of each to prevent scratching furniture. Great on a book shelf or desk. Nice condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Colonial Bookends
Materials
Brass
Brazilian Hardwood Geometric Bookends, Pair
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Brazilian hardwood geometric bookends, unmarked. 6" H x 5.75" W x 3.25" D.
Dealer: S138XX
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Scandinavian Bookends in Teak, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A set of 3 bookends in teak with metall rest's probably manufactured by either FM Møbler or ESA in Denmark during the 1960s. Measurements: Heights: 12 cm, Dept: 11 cm. The price is f...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Aluminum
Mcm Jane & Gordon Martz Walnut & White Tile Bookends for Marshall Studios 1960s
Located in St. Louis, MO
Pair of Mid-Century Modern walnut bookends with vertical white inset tiles by Jane & Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios on brass bases. Very nice original condition.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
John Lee Bookend by Fakasaka Design
Located in Geneve, CH
John Lee Bookend by Fakasaka Design
Dimensions: W 13 cm D 11.5 cm H 18 cm
Materials: black/brown bronze.
FAKASAKA is a design company focused on production of high-end furnitur...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Carl Auböck Pair of #4575-1 Bookends "Square", Austria 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck pair of #4575-1 bookends "Square", Austria 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Bookends
Materials
Brass
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
Carl Auböck Pair of #4219 Bookends "Jazz Hands", Austria 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck pair of #4219 bookends "Jazz Hands", Austria 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Bookends
Materials
Brass
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
Mid-Century Jacks Iron Bookends Attributed to Bill Curry for Design Line
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For your consideration is this handsome mid-century pair of Jacks bookends composed of rough cast iron with partially polished detailing. Each bookend is solid metal and weighs over ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Iron
Sculptural Jack / Jax Bookend / Paperweight in the Style of Bill Curry
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice sculptural 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 patina and mea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Taiwanese Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Chrome
Curved Astrolite Lucite Bookends by Ritts Co. of Los Angeles
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A pair of mid-century modern "Astrolite" lucite bookends by the Ritts Company of Los Angeles. This pair are each one quarter of a circle, so when put tog...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Lucite
John Lee 2 Bookend with Onyx base by Fakasaka Design
Located in Geneve, CH
John Lee Bookend by Fakasaka Design
Dimensions: W 13 cm D 11.5 cm H 18 cm, base D 14cm.
Materials: polished bronze, onyx base.
JOHNLEE BOOKEND / DOOR HOLDER...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Bookends
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Italian Art Deco Style Bull and Bear Bookends/Paperweights
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1167 Italian art deco style bull and bear bookends/paperweights solid brass on marble bases
bull 2.5x5.5x8"
bear 2.5x5x6.5".
Category
1960s Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, 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
1950s Mid-Century Abstract Biomorphic Bookends
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Light tan biomorphic forms with brown deeply incised abstract drawing throughout. Unknown Artist, no makers markings. These table sculptures embodies many artistic characteristics of...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
John Lee Bookend by Fakasaka Design
Located in Geneve, CH
John Lee bookend by Fakasaka Design
Dimensions: W 13 cm D 11.5 cm H 18 cm
Materials: polished bronze.
FAKASAKA is a design company focused on production of high-end furniture, ...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Two Painted Cast Iron Antique Car Door Stops or Book Ends
By Sexton
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
This fabulous pair of painted cast iron antique cars can be used as door stops, book ends, or shelf décor. One is a red, early Model T Ford with gold and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal, Iron
John Lee 2 Bookend with Onyx Base by Fakasaka Design
Located in Geneve, CH
John Lee bookend by Fakasaka Design.
Dimensions: W 13 cm D 11.5 cm H 18 cm.
Materials: dark bronze, onyx base.
Johnlee Bookend / door holder / sculpture.
...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Bookends
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Carl Auböck Pair of #3847 Bookends "T", Austria 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck pair of #3847 bookends "T", Austria 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Bookends
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Pair of #3848 Bookends "Earlobes", Austria 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck pair of #3848 bookends "Earlobes", Austria 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Bookends
Materials
Brass
20th Century Pair of Alabaster and Marble Bookends Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
Alabaster and marble bookends representing the figures of monks seated on a throne reading a book in the medieval style, made of marble and alabaster
The...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Medieval Bookends
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Bill Curry Sculptural Jax Bookends Design Line
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of fun / sculptural bookends by Bill Curry for Design Line. Great patina and original creamy white paint.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Iron
Pair of Art Deco See Lions Book ends, Bronze and Marble, Black, France, 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Pair of book ends representing sea lions. The objects are in marble and in bronze, it is signed "bronze" on the animals. These bookends were made in France in the 1940s, they are typ...
Category
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ben Seibel Bookends for Jenfred-Ware
By Ben Seibel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ben Seibel design copper plated bookends for Jenfred-Ware, U.S.A.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Copper
Pair of Hand Carved Wooden Bookends Owls, Germany
Located in Barntrup, DE
A charming pair of linden wood bookends with carved figurines of Owls with beautiful orange eyes, Germany, circa the 1930s.
These adorable bookends will make a wonderful accent on a...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Wood
Solid Cast Brass Horseshoe Bookends
Located in Elkhart, IN
A charming pair of cast solid brass horseshoe bookends.
USA, Mid-20th Century
Measures: 4.13"W x 4"D x 4.63"H.
Good original vintage condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Country Bookends
Materials
Brass
Polished Brass Teddy Bear Vintage Bookends Paperweights
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Polished brass teddy bear vintage bookends or paperweight.
Vintage mid-century brass teddy bear bookends.
These pair of teddy bear would make a luxu...
Category
Mid-20th Century American 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
Mid-Century Made Heavy Bronze Classic Novel Book Shaped Bookends Treasure Island
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and heavy bronze bookends with Thomas Paine and Robert Louis Stevenson 'books'.
With the holiday season on our doorstep we will be offering a numb...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
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
Pair of Vintage Brass and Copper Trench Art Bookends
Located in San Jose, CA
Pair of mid century trench art bookends in copper circa 1950's. Features a rustic hammered texture and bullet casing in patinated brass. The perfect accessory to organize your books or library and pairs well with industrial modern and Scandinavian decor.
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass, Copper
Rainbow Nesting Sculpture, Contemporary Colored Concrete Piece by Erik Olovsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rainbow nesting sculpture made in colored concrete in 4 separate pieces. Each piece is casted in high quality pastina cement by skilled craftsmen from Italy. The sculpture could be u...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Bookends
Materials
Concrete
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
Pair of Clear Glass Half Moon Glass Bookends by Wayne Husted for Blenko
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous clear glass half moon bookends designed by Wayne Husted for Blenko, circa 1960s. They are in very good vintage condition with no chips or scra...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Glass
Vintage Modernist Steel Railroad Tie Bookends
By Ward Bennett
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage heavy train railroad tie track bookends in the style of Ward Bennett. Green felt to bases, smooth metal finish to tops, front and back with textured steel on the sides. Great additions to your Modernist and Mid Century décor...
Category
1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Steel
French Art Deco Gilt Bronze German Shepherd Dog and Black Marble Bookends
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Art Deco gilt bronze German shepherd dog and black marble bookends.
This beautiful pair of bookends features gilt bronze German shepherd d...
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
Vintage Carved Book Slide, Balinese, Hardwood, Library Stand, Mid Century, 1960
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage carved book slide. A Balinese, hardwood library stand, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Fantastic mid-century exotic book slide with striking carved figures
Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order
Hardwood rich in russet hues throughout
Enthusiastically carved with foliate and scrolled patterns
Prominent carved figures adorn each folding slide
They depict Rama's wife Sita, from the Ramayana story in Hinduism
Each slide folds upon a pair of small brass stabilisers
The reverse carved with a delicate flower head over pierced fretwork
Manually operated slide glides smoothly to its maximum width
Accommodates books within a 34.5cm to 60cm range (13.5" and 23.5")
Tiered plinth base dressed with quality green baize below
This is a delightful vintage carved book slide, with distinctive deity figures...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Bookends
Materials
Hardwood
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
Salviati Murano Glowing Uranium Art Glass Italian Bird Bookend Sculptures
By Salviati
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown uranium yellow with orange tails Italian art glass chirping birds bookend sculptures. Documented to the Salviati Company. Each has a generic "Mura...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Uranium Glass, Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
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
Bookends World Globe Mid-Century
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Pair of mid-century world globe bookends.
They globes are two pieces of timeless design and high quality, ideal for a very masculine and sophisticated environment
These pieces ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved Marble Stone Pyramid Aztec Mayan
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of vintage green and white marble Aztec Mayan stone bookends.
Vintage handcrafted large heavy natural marble bookends with Aztec Mayan green head on a pyramidal form.
These are very substantial, heavy and well handmade bookends.
They are hand carved white with white natural color of the marble and the green marble carved Mayan head...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Bookends
Materials
Marble
Vintage Brass Nautical Captain Ship Wheel Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautifully forged in solid brass, these nautical ship wheels have a classic aesthetic that is ideal for coastal and nautical décor but can easily translate to industrial and eclecti...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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
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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