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Bookends For Sale
Recognized Seller Listings
Pair of Mid-Century Brutalist Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American mid-century brutalist-style bookends with a geometric design. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Bookends
Materials
Metal
A Regency rosewood bookstand attributed to Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency rosewood bookstand attributed to Gillows, of rectangular form with a gallery of turned spindles on three sides terminating in two scrolls and surmounted by two carrying han...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Bookends
Materials
Rosewood
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 Jennings Bros. Native American Bookends in Yellow Metal
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of yellow metal (probably brass) bookends in the form of crouching native Americans made and signed by Jennings Bros. These are very well-modeled and nicely scaled. Signed on ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Bookends
Materials
Brass
Minimal Wood and Brass Door Stop, Italy, 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 60s door stop with brass stem and wood base.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
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
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
Pair of Japanese Bronze Bookends, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Japanese bronze bookends, circa 1880.
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Bookends
Materials
Bronze
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
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
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
A pair of teak bookends from the Iron Duke, Battle of Jutland, 1916
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of teak bookends from the Iron Duke, Battle of Jutland, 1916, each in the form of a battleship under sail with a copper plaque reading ‘From the Teak of HMS Iron Duke, Admiral...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Bookends
Materials
Teak
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
Bradley & Hubbard Bookends-Ancient Greek Temple Columns & Arch
Located in Downingtown, PA
Bradley & Hubbard Bookends-ancient greek columns,
American,
Bradley and Hubbard, Meridian, CT,
Circa 1925.
A pair of bookends in the form of an Ancient Greek Temple...
Category
Early 20th Century American Craftsman Bookends
Materials
Iron
Pair of Japanese Bronze Bookends, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Japanese Bronze Bookends, circa 1880
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Rare Set of Two Wood Bookends by Pino Pedano, Italy, 1980s
Located in Milan, IT
Rare set of wood bookends by Pino Pedano.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Bookends
Materials
Plywood
American Bookends in the Form of a Chippendale Chair Back, Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Downingtown, PA
American Bookends in the form of a Chippendale Chair Back,
Bradley & Hubbard, Meriden, Connecticut
The 1920s
A pair of bookends made by Bradley & Hubbard in the first quarter of...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Craftsman Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pair of Chinese Carved Stone Dog Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese-style (19/20th Century) carved brown stone bookends depicting a group of dogs over a lightly engraved base. (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Bookends
Pair of Carved Oak Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-Century carved oak bookends with leaf designs (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Oak
Pair of French Empire Green Patinated Spinxes
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Empire style (19/20th Cent) green patinated bronze winged sphinx figures (bookends) raised on a black marble pedestal base
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rustic Black Forest Walnut Cat Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Rustic Black Forest (19th Century) carved walnut adjustable bookends with cat figures.
Category
19th Century Black Forest Antique Bookends
Materials
Walnut
Jaimal Odedra, Pair of Contemporary Sculptural Bookends, Morocco, 2018
Located in New York, NY
Signed: Jaimal Odedra
Jaimal Odedras’s elegant bookends have rough, textured sides, an edge of polished bronze, and a shape unlikely for their task. They nonetheless perform it ad...
Category
2010s Moroccan Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Pair of American Victorian Bronze Book Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American Victorian bronze open book design bookends (various marks: "NEEDHAM", "B. ZOPPO FOUNDRIES N.Y.", & "10.B") (priced as pair).
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Opinion Ciatti Ombres de Chats #5 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
Regency Rosewood Book Tray Attributed to Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency rosewood book tray, circa 1815, attributed to Gillows, the turned spindle three quarter gallery incorporating a pair of pierced handles, above the ...
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Bookends
Materials
Rosewood
1930s Nickel-Plated 'Libbiloo' Circus Horse Bookends by Russel Wright
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An early pair of nickel-plated, fanciful 'Libbiloo' circus horse bookends by Russel Wright, designed in 1928. Each marked RW.
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal, Nickel
Portal Clear Glass Bookends, ANDREW HUGHES
Located in New York, NY
The Portal design is a simple exercise in optics and color. The clear color and reflective light are diffused by a surface etching on the top third of the interior of each bookend. A...
Category
2010s American Modern Bookends
Materials
Blown Glass
Midcentury Chromed Steel Railway Tie Bookends, 1985
Located in Downingtown, PA
Fun present!
Midcentury chromed steel railway tie bookends, 1985
The pair of chrome-plated polished steel ties come with a foil label on the reverse reading, authentic rail fro...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Steel
Pair of Bronze and Enamel Bookends, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Pair of bronze and enamel bookends. Signed E.F. Caldwell and Co.
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Early 20th Century Czech, Egyptian Revival Seated Pharaoh Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Pair of early 20th century Czech Egyptian Revival composition bronze patina bookends with seated Pharaohs decorated with figures and motifs.
Additional pair available, PRICED PER ...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Egyptian Revival Bookends
Materials
Composition
Pair of Continental Patinated Copper Elephant Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Continental (possibly Austrian - 20th Century) bronze-patinated copper bookends in the form of elephants. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
20th Century European Bookends
Materials
Copper
Pair of Victorian Silver and Gilt Birds
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Victorian silver and gilt plated metal birds standing among branches on a tiered rectangular base
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Bookends
Materials
Silver
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
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
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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