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Bookends For Sale
Ceramic Lowercase Letter A Splatter Painted Bookend in Orange and Brown - 1981
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A ceramic lowercase letter A bookend. This piece was created in 1981 and painted in an orange, red, and brown splatter pattern.
Dimensions:
6" Wide
2.75" Deep
5.5" Tall
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Art Deco silvered bronze ibex bookends signed by C. Charles.
By C. Charles
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco silvered bronze ibex bookends signed by C. Charles.
With Patrouilleau foundry mark.
Silvered bronze on a marble base.
France 1925.
Literature:
The dictionary of sculptors in bronze, James...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Piero Fornasetti Book End
Located in Toronto, ON
This is a charming one half of a rare Fornastti bookend. It is nonetheless a wonderful collectible and highly decorative
accent piece for a desk, or bookshelf display.
Who knows may...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal
French Art Deco Cat & Dog Bookends, 1930s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco cat & dog bookends, France, 1930s. Noble woods and brass. Glass eyes. Height 6" - 5.1"(15.2 - 13 cm), width 5.1"(13cm), depth 3.5"(8.9cm).
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Painted Wood Zig-Zag Bookends, Mid 20th C
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Painted Wood Zig-Zag Bookends mounted on marble bases, mid-20th century.
Dealer: S138XX
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Bookends
Materials
Marble
French Art Deco Fishes Bookends, 1930
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco bookends, France, ca.1930. Two fishes. Spelter, glass and marble. Each - Height: 5.5"(14cm), Width: 5.5"(14cm), Depth: 3.15"(8cm). Few slight traces of age. Very good...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Art Deco bronze deer bookends by Georges Raoul Garreau, 1930.
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco bronze deer bookends signed by Georges Raoul Garreau.
Marked Bronze.
Green patinated bronze.
Belgian Black marble base.
France 1930.
...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Pair of Solid Marble Postmodern Bookends circa 1980's.
Located in San Diego, CA
postmodern solid marble bookends nice lines great shape and design, classic 1980's Memphis-era design.
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Bookends
Materials
Marble
Two cylindrical colored marble specimens
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Two cylindrical specimens in Breccia Skyros Marble or Settebassi
Those two cylindrical specimens are perfect to serve as bookends or to presents works of art.
The name comes from t...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Bookends
Materials
Breccia Marble
Pair of Cast Iron Original Paint Hubley Doorstops C1935 Flowers in a Bouquet
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful pair of Hubley Doorstops hand painted cast iron appears to be original surface. One has a little more loss of paint than the other, see pics. Otherwise all there in excelle...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Iron
Pair of Mid-Century Brass Bookends with Louis Vuitton Monogram Fabric
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Pair of Brass Bookends with Louis Vuitton Monogram Fabric
These custom made, substantial and very classic French fleur de lis bookends...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Louis-Albert Carvin French Art Deco German Shepherd Bookends, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco bookends by Louis-Albert Carvin, France, circa 1930. German shepherds. Gilt spelter dogs. Marble bases. Measures: Height 7.5"(19cm), width 6"(15.3cm), depth 4.4" to 5...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Pair Of Antique Fox Bookends, English, Brass, Decorative, Book Rest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique fox bookends. An English, brass decorative book rest, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Captivating character to ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Bookends
Materials
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
David Marshall, 1980s 2-Tone Gilt Bronze Designer Pair of Book Holders
Located in Marbella, ES
David Marshall, 1980s 2-tone gilt bronze designer pair of book holders.
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Cuyo Large Alpaca Silver & Blue Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library.
Our pieces are made by hand. One of...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Bookends
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Large Bronze Sculptural Book End By Vea Xiradakis
Located in New York, NY
Vea Xiradakis, French, born 1946, a limited edition large bronze sculptural book end depicting a female nude figure. Marked, Chapon Paris, on a ba...
Category
20th Century French Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Art Deco Bookends signed H Fady in Bronze
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Pair of French Art Deco Bookends signed H Fady in Bronze
A delightful pair of bronze and marble bookends that are finely cast with elephants...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Solid rosewood & Brass Italian Nautical Anchor Bookends
By Ralph Lauren
Located in San Diego, CA
A pair of solid rosewood and patinated solid brass bookends circa 1970's beautiful and elegant in the style of Ralph Lauren, made in Italy in nice condition.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Rare Rookwood Raven Bookends, 1940s, USA
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful and rare ceramic Rookwood Raven bookends, mid-1940s, USA. Turquoise crackle glaze.
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Pottery
Art Deco marble and metal bear bookends 1930
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Brighten up your bookcase with these stunning marble and metal bear bookends. Made of high-quality marble and chrome metal, these bookends have a ...
Category
1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Metal
Heavy Bookend in the shape of a wild boar.
Located in Grythyttan, SE
Heavy bookend in the shape of a wild boar. Green glass/plastic eyes.
MATERIAL
Unknown, plaster or maybe alabaster?
DIMENSIONS
Height: 21,5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Depth: 16 cm
Category
1960s Vintage Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
Blenko Glass Owl Book Ends
By Blenko Glass
Located in Denton, TX
1960s Blenko glass bookends, designed by Joel Myers rare emerald green solid cast glass with textured design in the front and smooth on the back.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Glass
French Art Deco Cat and Bulldog Bookends by Irénée Rochard, 1930
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Description: Art Deco metal bookends with cat and bulldog.
Artist / Maker: Irénée Rochard.
Signature / Marks: Rochard.
Style: Art Deco.
Date: 1930.
Material: Metal with silver patina...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Metal
Pineider, Italian miniature sliding bookend, ca 1900
By Pineider
Located in Delft, NL
Pineider, Italian miniature sliding bookend, ca 1900
A sliding bookend made by Cartolerie F. Pineider, Italy. A small size of 7.5 cm high, 13-20 cm w...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Bookends
Materials
Giltwood
Pair Italian World Globe Bookends
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-455, pair Italian revolving globe bookends.
Category
1970s Vintage Bookends
Materials
Fruitwood
Vintage French Art Deco Lady Bookends Meditation by Fayral 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”
Original ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Pair of MCM Ceramic Tile and Walnut Bookends by Jane & Gordon Martz
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice pair of MCM ceramic tile and walnut bookends by Jane & Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios, circa 1950s. The bookends are in very good vintage condtion and measure 8.5"W x 5"D x...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Walnut, Pottery
Set of 2 Large Fin Bronze Bookends by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Large Fin Bronze Bookends by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 12 x D 8 x H 16 cm
Materials: Bronze
Fin bookends come in two sizes...
Category
2010s Australian Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
HARRIA, Bookend Set
Located in Lentate Sul Seveso, MB
Series of marble vases and bookends in the variants: lepanto red, alpi green and marquinia black.
Both bookends and vases feature a complementary structure that intersects, acquiring...
Category
2010s Italian Bookends
Materials
Marble
Crystal and Brass Bookend by Dainte
Located in Geneve, CH
Crystal and Brass Bookend by Dainte
Dimensions: D 19 x W 18 x H 15 cm.
Materials: Crystal and brass.
The multifaceted triangular bookend is brilliantly designed with light-bending c...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Bookends
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Mid Century Sculptural Jacks Jax Bookends by Bill Curry
By Bill Curry
Located in San Mateo, CA
Pair of jacks bookends designed by Bill Curry for his company Design Line. These are painted cast iron. The jacks are in great original condition. There are a few minor paint losses ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Iron
Pair of Vintage Large Brass Eagle Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Nice set of heavy regal brass Eagle bookends. Has thin felt on bottom of each to prevent scratching furniture. Great on a book shelf or desk. Nice condition, hand polished, ready to ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Korean American Colonial Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Mid-Century Brass Chrome Bookends with Louis Vuitton Monogram Fabric
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Pair of Brass and Chrome Bookends with Louis Vuitton Monogram Fabric
These custom, very substantial monogrammed bookends are...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Vintage Brass and Green Marble Eagle Bookends
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a vintage pair of eagle bookends, dating to the early 20th century. The bookends feature brass eagles affixed to green marble bases. The eagles appear to be in mid-flight, wi...
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Brass
Pair of 1970s Light Bulb in Lucite Bookends
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A striking and whimsical pair of bookends with lightbulbs filled with a phosphorescent (glow in the dark) substance suspended in a lucite cube. The pair was designed by Pierre Girau...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Lucite
Vintage Italian Alabaster Owl Bookends
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Vintage Italian Alabaster Owl Bookends. Expressive faces with glass eyes gives these bookends a striking presence.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
Expandable Hand carved Teak Wood Book Shelf Bookends from India 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Expandable Book shelf hand carved teak wood book Bookends from India, circa 1950s.
Book holder from India intricately hand carved teak wood book rack holder and will expands to 20 in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Bookends
Materials
Teak
HARRIA, Marble Vase
Located in Lentate Sul Seveso, MB
Series of marble vases and bookends in the variants: lepanto red, alpi green and marquinia black.
Both bookends and vases feature a complementary structure that intersects, acquiring...
Category
2010s Italian Bookends
Materials
Marble
Art Deco Bronze Bookends of Chinese Children Playing by M. White, England, 1920
By Mabel White
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco bronze bookends of Chinese children playing by M. White, England, 1920.
A pair of bronze bookends with Chinese children playing, one ...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Nude Male Archer Bookends", Rare Pair of Ceramic, Arts and Crafts Sculptures
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and remarkable pair of ceramic bookends, featuring kneeling nude male figures with drawn bows who are ready to let fly their arrows, was designed by Mary Watts and produced...
Category
1920s British Arts and Crafts Vintage Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
Marshall Studios Gordan Jane Martz Tile Walnut Bookends Mid Century
Located in Forest Grove, PA
Iconic walnut and ceramic tile plinth bookends, designed by Jane and Gordon Martz of Marshall Studios. 1960s. One retains the original production sticker. The thickness of the walnut...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Metal
Bradley & Hubbard Clipper Ship Cast Iron Bookends, 1920s
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of bronze finish cast iron nautical themed bookends featuring clipper ships
By Bradley & Hubbard
USA, 1920s
Each measures: 5.5"W x 2.75"D x 6.25"H.
Good original ...
Category
1920s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Bookends
Materials
Iron
Large Bookend in blackened Birch in Old Norse Style from the late 19th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Large Bookend in blackened Birch in Old Norse Style. Made in Sweden during the late 19th Century with a beautiful patina.
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Other Antique Bookends
Materials
Birch
Silver Plate and Brass Seashell Bookends
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Unusual antique sea inspired bookends crafted with silver plate on brass rods and seashells at either end with faux coral brass feet.
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Bookends
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Art Deco squirrel bookends by Max Le Verrier France 1930
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco squirrel bookends by Max Le Verrier
Art metal, dark green patina.
Belgian Black marble bases.
France 1930
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Bookends
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Metal
Bookend Sign: Czechoslovakia , 1900, Style: Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Vase Sign: Czechoslovakia
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
Pushing the bu...
Category
Early 1900s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Bookends
Materials
Art Glass
TOUR - Contemporairy black patinated bronze bookends
Located in LIEU-DIT BARAN, FR
Beautiful massive bronze bookends, black patinated.
Pair of bookends 50 x 50 x H.115 mm.
Weight 1300 Gr.
All the creative process is handled at the Studio Fabien Barrero+Carsenat, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Set of Three Vintage Atomic Jacks/Jax Bookends/Doorstop Attributed to Bill Curry
By Bill Curry
Located in San Diego, CA
Set of three 1950s atomic era, Mid-Century Modern iron jacks-jax. The pieces can be used as bookends, a doorstop, or decorative accents. in aluminum, black and bronze finish with a n...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Iron, Aluminum
Spanish Modern Style Bronze Bookends by the Artist David Marshall
Located in Marbella, ES
Spanish Modern Style Bronze Bookends by the Artist David Marshall
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Salta Round Cream Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
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 tha...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Bookends
Materials
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Pair of Rosewood Bookends with Clock and Thermometer by Gumps
By Gumps
Located in San Diego, CA
A really nice pair of rosewood bookends with clock and thermometer by Gumps, circa 1990s. This gorgeous rosewood set has wonderful grain patterns and a high quality quartz clock and ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Bookends
Materials
Metal
Vintage Kangaroo Bookends in Silver Plated Brass
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Decorative pair of rare mother kangaroo bookends with Joey's/babies. Made from silver plated brass. They have developed a unique rainbow-like patina over the years but obviously can ...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Bookends
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Pair Solid Marble Bookends with Louis Vuitton Monogram Leather
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of 1960's Marble Bookends Sculptures with Vintage Louis Vuitton Fabric, Mid Century Modern
These LV monogrammed bookends have been custom ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Marble
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
Pair of Lamassu Bookends Lion Mesopotamian Art Decorative
Located in San Diego, CA
Elegant beautiful pair of solid resin bookends circa 1980's decorative Assyrian Winged Liongreat example of Mesopotamian Art.
Category
20th Century Irish Egyptian Bookends
Materials
Resin
Pair of Carved Marble Aztec / Mayan Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice pair of hand carved marble Aztec / Mayan bookends from Mexico, circa 1970s. The pair are in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Bookends
Materials
Marble
Set of Four Sculptural German Art Nouveau Brass Bronze Bookends 1900
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of four decorative Art Nouveau brass/bronze bookends.
Germany, 1900s.
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass, 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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