Mid-Century Modern Bookends
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Mexican Modern Bookends by Don Shoemaker
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Hand carved bookends made in Cocobolo by Mexican Modernist Don Shoemaker. Include original labels from his workshop in Señal Mexico.
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Wood
$500 / set
Vintage Modernist Stair Cut Polished Steel Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage modernist stair-cut polished steel bookends, circa 1970s. Beautiful and simple with great mid-century minimal lines, the bookends are in very good vintage condition and meas...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Steel
Pair of Mid-Century Onyx Marble Horse Head Bookends Library Mexico
Located in Toronto, CA
Striking and sculptural, this pair of large Mid-Century marble horse head bookends exudes timeless elegance and craftsmanship. Made in Mexico circa 1970s, each piece is expertly carv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Onyx
$127 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Pair of Marble Bookends with Solid Cylinder Detail
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lovely pair of Carrara marble bookends - two 90 degree angle pieces with a solid cylinder as a very nice and simple detail.
The pair would be a complement to any desk, or work ...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Carrara Marble
Mid-Century Sheldon Rose AlphaSculpt Typesetter Block Sculpture Bookend
Located in San Diego, CA
Signed Sheldon Rose (American 20th Century) Typesetter cube sculpture, can also be used as bookend. In polished polychrome silver metal. Sheldon Rose (American, 20th century), attend...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pair of Vintage Brass "The Thinker" Bookends
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of vintage brass "The Thinker" bookends (PRICED AS PAIR)
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Vintage Asian Modern Handcrafted Brass Elephant Head Bookends, Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern pair of elephant head bookends made out of solid brass.
The set has the original condition, and it is not polished, it shows patina.
Great animal sculptures booken...
Category
Mid-20th Century Korean Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
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
Mid-Century Modern Blenko Clear Textured Glass Elephant Bookends by Wayne Husted
Located in St. Louis, MO
Pair of MCM Wayne Husted designed clear textured glass Elephant bookends for Blenko, circa 1960s. In fine condition, no damage. no Label. In fine condition, no issues.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Glass
Vintage Boho Sculptural Travertine Bookends - Set of 2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Infuse your shelves and tabletops with organic elegance and a touch of bohemian flair with this captivating set of two Vintage Boho Sculptural Travertine Bookends. Crafted from natur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Travertine
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Bill Curry Design Line POP Red Color Jacks Bookends
Located in St. Louis, MO
Bill Curry for Design line very fun pop red colored playful iron jacks bookends or decorative objects. Often attributed to George Nelson, these are all original paint. Some light scu...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Chrome, Iron
Pair of Murano Glass Bookends by Luciano Gaspari for Salviati
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of heavy green and blue Murano glass book ends by maestro Luciano Gaspari, circa 1950.
Born in Venice in 1913. He studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Venice and Bologna, he was a pupil of Virgilio Guidi and Giorgio Morandi. He participated in a number of Biennales.
Luciano Gaspari is a painter who enters into symbiosis with glass production, studies the collections, scientifically verifies the techniques, establishes a deep relationship with great masters such as Alfredo Barbini , Luciano Vistosi , Paolo Martinuzzi, especially Livio Seguso and, later, Pino Signoretto.
Become the artistic director of Salviati in 1955, he plays the role with untiring commitment and rigor.
Characteristic of his approach is a total mastery and an innovative use of traditional techniques, the ability to look to the past to invent the future, but also to use novelties with courage and imagination, or to "force" common use by transforming, for example, simple bottles in sculptures.
He engages in serial productions, in "unique pieces", in sculptures, but also in objects such as plates (including absolutely extraordinary those presented at the '66 Biennale), vases, cups, bottles: in every creation the quality of colors, the balance between brightness, transparency, glows and shadows reveals the intense relationship between the painter's sensitivity and fantasy and a perfect understanding of the potential of glass.
1913. Born in Venice on March 22 in a family of decorators.
1931. After attending the Institute of Art, he made his debut at the collective exhibition of the Opera Bevilacqua La Masa.
1932. He receives the prize for the younger painter at the XVII Venice Biennale.
1933. Student of Virgilio Guidi at the Academy of Fine Arts.
1935. He follows Guidi in Bologna. Here he attends the course of engraving techniques held by Giorgio Morandi, with whom he will remain in correspondence for a long time.
1936. Participates in the Rome Quadriennale and the Venice Biennale.
1937. After completing his studies in Bologna, he returns to Venice.
1938. Participates in the Venice Biennale. 1940. Participates in the Venice Biennale; becomes assistant to Giuseppe...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Murano Glass
Pair of Carved Oak Bookends
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Mid-Century carved oak bookends with leaf designs (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Oak
$450 / set
Vintage Boho Stone Column Bookends - Set of 2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Add a touch of architectural elegance to your space with these Vintage Boho Stone Column Bookends, a striking set that blends historical charm with natural beauty. Crafted from fossi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Stone
Pair of Mid-Century Teak Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of mid-century teak bookends, circa 1960s. Two sets available. #3559
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal
$150 / set
Pair of Italian Red and Green Leather Equestrian Bookends, circa 1950s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Extra Large Set of Vintage Leather Bookends with Patinated Bronze Horses in Full Sprint, Italy circa 1950s.
One bookend is in red leather and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
$938 Sale Price / set
24% Off
Pair of Jade Snow Wong Turquoise Enamel Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Copper and brass enameled bookends by California artist, Jade Snow Wong c.1950s. The bookends feature a brass bottom and frame, with a copper enameled side in a striped turquoise pat...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass, Copper, Enamel
$1,400 / set
Mid Century Sculptural Alabaster Bookends, Italy, c.1960
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Mid Century Sculptural Alabaster Bookends, Italy, c.1960.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
Pair of Reclining Lion Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of reclining lion bookends, a stunning pair with the look of limestone, but a composition material. The pair are of good weight for those larger bo...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Composition
Silvered Bronze Bulldog Bookends. France 1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Silvered Bronze Bulldog Bookends. c1930´s.
Lovely pair of Bulldog bookends. Silvered Bronze mounted over Black and Gold ¨portoro¨ italian marble. Very n...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$2,200 / set
Pair of Italian "Old World" Style Globe Bookends on Wood Bases
Located in San Diego, CA
Classic pair of Italian old world style globe bookends on wood "L" shaped bases in walnut, circa 1970s. The bookends are in vintage condition . Each ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4099 Patinated Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4099 patinated brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair Art Deco Bookends with Harer by Marti Font, 1920-1930
By M. Font
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice pair of Art Deco book ends with sculptures of two harer, France 1920-1930.
Made of casted spelter, patinated in a green bronze-like color,...
Category
1920s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Large Midcentury Oversize Gold Brass Duck Bookends a Pair, Made in Spain
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Two very large brass duck bookends. This pair is not the average size brass mallard bookend that you see often. This set is quite a bit larger than th...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
Metal Scroll Style Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of Metal scroll bookends with center of wood. This unique style bookend is perfectly suited for any desk and especially the Childs room. Pulling back the scrolls allows books ...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal
Carl Auböck Bookends #3653
Located in Berlin, DE
Classic pair of Carl Auböck bookends in a patina and polish brass mix.
Category
1960s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
$789 / item
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
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Carl Auböck Bookends # 3652
Located in Berlin, DE
Classic pair of Carl Auböck bookends in polished brass.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
$789 / set
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #1937 'Bamboo' Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #1937 'Bamboo' bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed hand cut and polished bamboo and brass....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Vintage Pair Of Decorative Bookends, English, Book Rest, Mid Century, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage pair of decorative bookends. An English, Portland stone book rest, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1940.
Pleasingly robust forms w...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Stone
Solid Italian Glass Blocks Wrapped Leather Bookends in the Style of Gucci
By Gucci
Located in San Diego, CA
Great pair of Italian solid green glass bookends wrapped on leather, with decorative brass emblem, circa 1950s.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
$380 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal
TROMPE L'OEIL 1980 Memphis Three Dimensional Bookends In Steel & Lacquer
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of Memphis period bookends.
This is a pair of unusual bookends created in America during the Memphis artistic period, back in 1980. They were crafted in solid cut steel and d...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Steel
$398 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage Mid-Century Wood Plank Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique and simply exceptional pair of vintage bookends. Deriving on the uniqueness of the wood grain, these bookends are elegant and modernist. Simple lines contrast with organic pat...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Wood
$204 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Carl Auböck Model #4630 Large Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Aubo¨ck model #4630 large 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
Pair of Carl Auböck Bookends #4100 in a Patina and Polish Brass Mix
Located in Berlin, DE
Classic pair of Carl Auböck bookends in a patina and polish brass mix.
Category
1940s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Midcentury American Modern Live Edge Trapezoidal Douglas Fir Bookends
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Striking sculptural douglas fir live edge bookends (circa 1970s USA). Solid 'blocks' of stained douglas fir have been sculpted into trapezoidal forms and finished to reveal soft, pol...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Red & Black Lacquered Metal Post-Modern Geometric Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Modern stylish design metal bookends in shiny lacquered black & red color. Both bookends are made complementary in style but with different geometric form. The black bookend...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Art Ankh Bookends by C Jere, 1960s
By Curtis Jeré
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful pair of mid-century bookends designed by Curtis Jere, (both of them are signed). They are very solid. Considered good vintage condition with natural age and minimal wear on...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Hollywood Regency Brass Swan Bookends, A Pair
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pair of Hollywood Regency brass swan bookends. In fabulous vintage condition, this pair is created from brass, and depict a swan with the beak to...
Category
20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
$280 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Italian "Old World" Style Globe Bookends on Wood Bases
Located in San Diego, CA
Classic pair of Italian old world style globe bookends on wood "L" shaped bases in walnut, circa 1970s. The bookends are in very good vintage condition and measure 12.75"W x 4.5"D x ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal
Vintage Stacked Solid Wood Bookends
Located in Denton, TX
Vintage solid wood bookends made of ash, walnut, mahogany and maple. Glued together in a stacked design then shaped in a curved pattern. They make nice decorative sculptures.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Mahogany, Maple, Oak, Walnut
$650 / set
Pair of Midcentury Ben Seibel Sculptural Brass Bookends
By Ben Seibel
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Sculptural brass Ben Seibel for Jenfred bookends, circa 1950s. A freeform, organic design in brass finish with applied patina that has deepened over time giving them an even more ric...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Oak Wood Book Bookends, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair of oak wood 'book' bookends, Midcentury Modern period, circa mid-20th century. Bookends are solid oak wood with red and black 'books'.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal
$675 / set
Rare 1955 Cranbrook School Aim High Logo Design by Eero Saarinen Oak Bookends
Located in St. Louis, MO
Rare pair of bookends with cast aluminum seal of Cranbrook School - Aim High logo and the year 1955 mounted to the oak boards. The Aim High logo was designed by Eero Saarinen, son of Eliel Saarinen who designed the schools campus and was president from 1932 - 1946.
"In 1927, 'Aim High' was adopted as the motto of Cranbrook School. Along with the motto, a seal was created. This seal, designed by Eero Saarinen, displays an archer, Acestes, aiming his arrow high up into the sky.
Famous Alums of Cranbrook, Charles & Ray Eames, Florence Knoll, Harry Bertoia, Jack Lenor Larsen, Fumihiko Maki, Gyo Obata, Ralph Rapson, Harry Weese, Toshiko Takaezu, Niels Diffrient, Harvey Littleton, Richard DeVore, Eero Saarinen and Olga de Amaral among others. Noted Faculty Carl Milles, Keith Haring, Daniel Libeskind, Marshall...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Aluminum
Golf Clubs Shoehorn Brass Vintage German 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Super cool and nice design sculptural golf clubs shoehorn, made by Gerstenberg, Kunstgewerbe in Germany. material is polished brass. Nice golf collectible or just do use it. Nice add...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Fratelli Mannelli Travertine Bookends, Italy, 1970
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Fratelli Mannelli Travertine Bookends, Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Travertine
Textured Brass Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of textured brass bookends over solid steel. The pair features an all over weld bead finish. The inside of each bookend showcases the raw steel with a felt lined bottom.
Dimen...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass, Steel
$950 / set
Rare Bronze Train Locomotive Bookends 1940´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Nice & Rare Silvered Bronze Train Locomotive Bookends 1940´s.
Heavy Bookends. Hight quality. Train entering a tunel.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau an...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
$1,400 / set
Brass Doberman Bookends with Marble Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of patinated guard dogs for your books. Marble base steadies the books, so dogs appear to be jumping, rather than pressing against the books. A compliment to any bookshelf.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Marble, Brass
$425 / set
Pair of Brass and Wood Block Bookends by Walter von Nessen for Chase USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of brass and wood bookends by Walter von Nessen for Chase, c.1930s, USA. The pair of bookends feature two brass figures with curved tubular bodies and geometric shaped wood head...
Category
1930s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
$796 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mexican Handmade Ebony Bookends
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960, We offer this rare pair of Mexican Handmade Bookends made in fantastic Ebony wood this kind of wood its very hard and heavy.
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Ebony
$2,000 / set
Mid Century Modern Geometric Lucite Bookend
Located in Seattle, WA
Single MCM Bookend of geometric style and lucite material. Chips and minor flaws consistent with a vintage piece. Vintage Condition as pictured. Listing is for described item only. B...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Lucite
Vintage Blenko handmade Art glass Bookend
Located in Seattle, WA
A single Blenko glass bookend. Heavy. Vintage Condition as pictured. Listing is for described item only.
Dimensions. 4”W ; 4”D ; 4”H
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Art Glass
Richard Rohac, a Pair of Bookends, Austria, Mid-1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A pair of rare abstract bookends in solid bronze, designed by Richard Rohac, Austria, mid 1900s. Marked RR Made in Austria 7
In good condition, few small signs of wear / age rela...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Set of 2 Mid-Century Scandinavian Bookends in Wood, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Scandinavian Bookends in Wood, 1960s, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969.
Additional information:
Materials: Metal, Wood
Color: Brown
Styles: Mid-C...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pair of Bill Curry for Design Line Jax or Jacks Bookends
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Pair of Bill Curry Jacks or Jax bookends. These are truly mid century modern icons and vintage must haves for any home. These are Design Line Model J-1 Jacks, made in California. The...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pair of Mod Carved Travertine Bookends by Up & Up, Italy, 1970s
By Up & Up
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Mod Carved Travertine Bookends by Up & Up, Italy, 1970s
Dimensions: Each 7" H x 4" W x 2" D
Together: 7" H x 8" W x 2" D
A sculptural pair of Italian travertine bookends by...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Travertine
Fish Bookends by Blenko
By Blenko Glass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-century era, pair of Blenko, thick glass fish bookends. Solid, handblown, with back side a smooth finish and front side a textural finish.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Glass
$450 / set
Mid-century Modern bookends for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern bookends for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage bookends created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, brass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern bookends made in a specific country, there are North America, Europe, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original bookends, popular names associated with this style include Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Blenko, Ben Seibel, and Curtis Jeré. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for bookends differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $7,500 while the average work can sell for $525.
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