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Bookends For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 1950s
Scandinavian Modern Book Ends in Solid Brass, Minimal Design by Erik Olovsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Heavy Book Ends in solid casted and polished brass. Casted in solid brass and polished. Small, minimal and elegant design but still heavy to hold your books. 2kg (4.4lbs) per book end.
Category

2010s Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3653 Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3653 brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass. Produced...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pair of Carl Auböck Model #1928 'Hands' Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #1928 'Hands' brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass. P...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

Contemporary Handmade Brass Bookend "Hippos" in Ancient Greek Forms by Anaktae
Located in Athens, GR
Contemporary, handcrafted bookend, model "Hippos" in oxidized brass. This bookend is part of the "Althaea Series", a collection of four bookends in brass Inspired by ancient Greek symbols...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

Red Coral Bookend Set of 2
Located in Paris, FR
Bookend red coral set of 2, handcrafted sculpture with more than 800 red cabochons hand-placed. With structure and base in solid brass gold-plated 24-ka...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Bookends

Materials

Coral, Gold Plate, Brass

Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3654 Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3654 brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass. Price i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4636 Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #4636 brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass. Price i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4635 Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #4635 brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass. Price i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3847 Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3847 brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in polished and patinated brass. Price i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3848 Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3848 brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in polished brass. Price is per pair. Av...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3846 Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3846 brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in polished brass. Price is for the pair...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

Bookend White Marble and Stainless Steel
Located in Mexico City, MX
Introducing a truly luxurious addition to your personal library - a stunning pair of hand-carved marble bookends from the artisanal experts at b...
Category

2010s Bookends

Materials

Marble, Stainless Steel

Medium & Large, Bookends Cuyo, Onix Stone & Silver Alpaca
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
4" x 4" x 7.8" 4.8 "x 4.8" x 9.5" Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library. ...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Bookends

Materials

Onyx, Stone, Metal

Salta Large Square Bordeaux Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
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

Pair of Large Carl Auböck Model #4219 'Hands' Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Large Carl Aubo¨ck Model #4219 'Hands' Brass Bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in polished brass. Hand ful...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

Travertine Bookends
Located in Maywood, NJ
Enhance your home décor with our exquisite, one-of-a-kind travertine bookends. Crafted from premium quality travertine, these bookends effortlessly blend natural elegance with functi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Bookends

Materials

Travertine

Opinion Ciatti Ombres de Chats #4 Bookend
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ombres de Chats by Angelo Barcella are poetic objects, delicate table sculptures. Shadows of curious, busy, sore, angry or bored cats, instants which are made eternal when transforme...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookends

Materials

Steel

Opinion Ciatti Ombres de Chats #2 Bookend
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ombres de Chats by Angelo Barcella are poetic objects, delicate table sculptures. Shadows of curious, busy, sore, angry or bored cats, instants which are made eternal when transforme...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookends

Materials

Steel

Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3530 'Flatiron' Patinated Brass and Cane Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3530 'Flatiron' patinated brass and cane bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3651 Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3651 brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass. Price i...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3530 'Flatiron' Brass and Cane Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3530 'Flatiron' brass and cane bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in polished brass and ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

Aurora Pink Portal Glass Bookends, ANDREW HUGHES
Located in New York, NY
The Portal design is a simple exercise in optics and color. The Aurora color and reflective light are diffused by a surface etching on the top third of the interior of each bookend. ...
Category

2010s American Modern Bookends

Materials

Blown Glass

Skulls Bookend Set of Two in Nickel Finish and Antique Brass
Located in Paris, FR
Set of two bookend skull with polished nickel finish structure. Skulls are made in antique brass finish.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bookends

Materials

Brass, Nickel

Art Deco Style Lady Bookends Meditation by Pierre Le Faguays for Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
“Meditation” Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Fayral”, which is one of the pseudonyms from “Pierre Le Faguays” (1892-1962), signed. Original “Max Le Verrier” Art De...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Bookends

Materials

Marble, Spelter

Manks Magazine rack
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Our Architecture and Cabinetry furniture collection is a collaboration with the most renowned Mexican architects. In this collection we explore, through signature cabinetmaking, the ...
Category

2010s Mexican Modern Bookends

Materials

Steel

Spinzi Capo Sculptural Bookend in Metal, Tiffany Blue, Collectible Decorative
Located in Milano, IT
Capo is a sculptural bookend designed by Spinzi Milano and hand-crafted from metal. Finished in shades of bright colors, it is designed to add an unexpected and playful touch of vibr...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Bookends

Materials

Metal, Steel

Spinzi Capo Sculptural Bookend in Metal, Bright Pink, Collectible Decorative
Located in Milano, IT
Capo is a sculptural bookend designed by Spinzi Milano and hand-crafted from metal. Finished in shades of bright colors, it is designed to add an unexpected and playful touch of vibr...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Bookends

Materials

Metal, Steel

Pair of 2 Small Fin Bronze Bookends by Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Pair of 2 Small Fin Bronze Bookends by Henry Wilson Dimensions: W 8 x D 6 x H 13 cm Materials: Bronze Fin bookends come in two sizes. Each are made, finished and polished in Sydney,...
Category

2010s Australian Modern Bookends

Materials

Bronze

2 bookends vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
2 bookends vienna around 1950s Brass Original patina The books are not for sale they are only for the photoshooting
Category

1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends

Materials

Brass

Coral Bookend
Located in Irving, TX
As unique and varied as the brilliant red corals found in the Mediterranean sea, this CoralBookend is a fascinating piece of modern design. Each piece is sculpted by hand by a master...
Category

2010s Bookends

Materials

Gold, Enamel

Pietro Fornasetti, Rare metal Bookend Janus Two-Faced 1950s (First edition)
Located in Argelato, BO
Pietro Fornasetti, Rare metal bookend from the 1950s (First edition) In the extraordinary creative imagination of Pietro Fornasetti every household object is transformed and embelli...
Category

1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends

Materials

Metal

Abstract Ceramic Bookends
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Abstract pair of Ceramic Bookends. They have the feel of some that Ben Seibel designed and made of metal. In good shape and heavy enough to hold books in place!
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends

Materials

Ceramic

Midcentury Sculptural Jack Bookend or Door Stop
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid metal sculptural jack bookend. Could also be used as doorstop. 1950s.  
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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 c...
Category

2010s Turkish Classical Greek Bookends

Materials

Statuary Marble

Opinion Ciatti Ombres de Chats #3 Bookend
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ombres de Chats by Angelo Barcella are poetic objects, delicate table sculptures. Shadows of curious, busy, sore, angry or bored cats, instants which are made eternal when transforme...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookends

Materials

Steel

Cheetah Bookends Set of Two in Porcelain with Brass Base
Located in Paris, FR
Set of two bookends Cheetah in porcelain. On black porcelain socle with brass base. Elegant and subtle piece.  
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Bookends

Materials

Brass

Bambou Bookeest
Located in Irving, TX
Combining organic elements with a clean, modern aesthetic, the Bambou collection of desk and library accents is a unique expression of style and simplic...
Category

2010s Bookends

Materials

Gold Plate

Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4100 Patinated Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4100 patinated brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated brass. Price is f...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

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

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

Opinion Ciatti Ombres de Chats #6 Bookend
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ombres de Chats by Angelo Barcella are poetic objects, delicate table sculptures. Shadows of curious, busy, sore, angry or bored cats, instants which are made eternal when transforme...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bookends

Materials

Steel

Marble Sphere Bookend
Located in Richmond, VA
The Sphere Bookend is the newest design from our in-house collection. Display as a sculpture, use as a chic door stopper, or simply as a bookend. Handc...
Category

2010s Bookends

Materials

Marble

Eagles Set of 2 Bookends
Located in Paris, FR
Bookends Eagles set of 2 made in gilt metal. On blackened metal base. Measures: L 14 x D 11.5 x H 17.5 cm each.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Bookends

Materials

Metal

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

Bookends Acrobat Elephants Set of Two in Bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Bookends set of two acrobat elephants in hand-carved solid bronze on black porcelain base. Each piece: L 15.5 x D 10.5 x H 21cm.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Bookends

Materials

Bronze

Mid-Century Jane and Gordon Martz Ceramic and Walnut Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of ceramic and walnut bookends by Jane and Gordon Martz for their company, Marshall Studios. Each bookend stands sculpturally and presents a ceramic inlay detail in wo...
Category

1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends

Materials

Pottery, Walnut

Cubisme Bookend 2
Located in Irving, TX
With a nod to both cubist art and Mayan carving, Cubisme takes geometric simplicity to a new level. Bookends are created from lightly textured earthenwar...
Category

2010s Bookends

Materials

Earthenware

Cubism Bookend I
Located in Irving, TX
With a nod to both cubist art and Mayan carving, Cubisme takes geometric simplicity to a new level. Bookends are created from lightly textured earthenwar...
Category

2010s Bookends

Materials

Earthenware

Horse Bookend
Located in Irving, TX
Revered throughout the Han dynasty for its majestic strength, the horse remains an enduring symbol of grace and nobility. Our decorative horses, handcrafted in porcelain, are a sculp...
Category

2010s Bookends

Materials

Porcelain

Marble Cylinder Bookend
Located in Richmond, VA
The Cylinder Bookend is the newest design from our in-house collection. Display as a sculpture, use as a chic door stopper, or simply as a bookend. Handcrafted out of red marble by a...
Category

2010s Bookends

Materials

Marble

Sandstone Cube Bookend
Located in Richmond, VA
The Cylinder Bookend is the newest design from our in-house collection. Display as a sculpture, use as a chic door stopper, or simply as a bookend. Handcrafted out of yellow sandston...
Category

2010s Bookends

Materials

Sandstone

Horse Bookend
Located in Irving, TX
Revered throughout the Han dynasty for its majestic strength, the horse remains an enduring symbol of grace and nobility. Our decorative horses, handcrafted in fine porcelain, are a ...
Category

2010s Bookends

Materials

Porcelain

Bronze Cast Patinated American Eagle Bookends Circa 1950s
Located in San Diego, CA
Bronze-patinated American bald eagle bookends circa 1950s. Beautiful elegant pair.
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends

Materials

Bronze

Sandstone Sphere Bookend
Located in Richmond, VA
The Sphere Bookend is the newest design from our in-house collection. Display as a sculpture, use as a chic door stopper, or simply as a bookend. Handc...
Category

2010s Bookends

Materials

Sandstone

Marble Cube Bookend
Located in Richmond, VA
The Cube Bookend is the newest design from our in-house collection. Display as a sculpture, use as a chic door stopper, or simply as a bookend. Handcrafted out of red marble by artis...
Category

2010s Bookends

Materials

Marble

Sandstone Cylinder Bookend
Located in Richmond, VA
The Cylinder Bookend is the newest design from our in-house collection. Display as a sculpture, use as a chic door stopper, or simply as a bookend. Handcrafted out of yellow sandston...
Category

2010s Bookends

Materials

Sandstone

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

Silver industrial modernist aluminium and rubber bookends "The Colour of Air"
Located in London, GB
The bookends are a continuation of Tino Seubert's RCA graduation project The Colour of Air and were commissioned for Ma-tt-er's book launch at London Design Festival 2018. They are i...
Category

2010s British Bookends

Materials

Aluminum

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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