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Pair of Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Period Solid Bronze Horse Head Bookends
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This pair of French Art Deco period bookends from the mid-20th century features solid bronze horse
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends

Materials

Bronze

Copper and Bronze-Plated Horse Head Bookends by Gladys Brown for Dodge Inc.1946
By Dodge Inc. 1, Gladys Brown
Located in San Francisco, CA
About This is an original pair of Art Deco style cast gray or "pot" metal horse head bookends
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Bookends

Materials

Bronze, Copper

Brass Equestrian Stirrup Bookends
By Hermès
Located in Charleston, SC
Vintage Pair of Brass Hermes Style Horse Saddle Stirrup Bookends. Engraved. C. 1980’s
Category

Vintage 1980s Indian Regency Bookends

Materials

Brass

Handsome Pair of Equestrian Verdigris Bookends
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Handsome pair of verdigris metal horse head bookends on black bases with gold reigns. Decorative
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1990s American Bookends

Materials

Metal

1900s French Pair of Iron Horse Door Holders
Located in Marbella, ES
1900s French pair of iron horse door holders.
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Antique Early 1900s French Bookends

Materials

Iron

Polished Aluminum Rare Horse Sculptures by Hoselton Signed
By Helen Haselton
Located in San Diego, CA
Polished aluminum rare horse sculpture by Hosleton signed, and numbered made in Canada circa 1970s.
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20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Aluminum

Art Deco French Golden Brass Horses in a Horseshoe on Marble Base Book-Ends
Located in IT
Art Deco French golden brass horses in a horseshoe on marble base book-ends A pair of Art Deco
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends

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Marble

Déco Bookends "Horse Heads"
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/8200 - Ceramic déco bookends with two horse heads of different color.
Category

Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Italian Onyx Horse Art Deco Head Bookends
Located in Antwerp, BE
A beautiful and elegant pair of Art Deco hand-carved onyx horse head sculptural bookends with bowed
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Onyx

Vintage Art Deco Trojan Horse Head Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautifully classic Art Deco Trojan horse head bookends. This pair is in great vintage condition
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Natural Malachite Horse Sculptures Pair Bookends Paperweights
Located in Somis, CA
A pair of beautiful horse sculptures in the most spectacular natural malachite. All natural with
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2010s Malagasy Animal Sculptures

Materials

Malachite

Equestrian Polo Horse Busts Bookends, France, 1930s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Lovely pair of horse busts over marble bases. Perfect for a polo fan.
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Pair of Art Deco Onyx Horses Heads Bookends
By Hermès
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Pair of Art Deco stylized horses head bookends. Vintage set of bookends, hand carved in onyx in a
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Onyx

Pair of Art Deco Onyx Horses Heads Bookends
By Hermès
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Pair of Art Deco style stylized horses head bookends. Vintage set of bookends, hand-carved in onyx
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Onyx

Pair of Art Deco Onyx Horses Heads Bookends
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Pair of Art Deco style stylized horses head bookends. Vintage set of bookends, hand-carved in
Category

Mid-20th Century Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Onyx

Pair of Italian Alabaster Sculptural Horse Head Bookends
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Pair of Italian Alabaster Sculptural Horse Head Bookends. Vibrant turquoise blue horse head figure
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster

Italian Hand Carved Onyx Deco Style Horse Head Bookends
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-369 Italian hand carved onyx deco style horse head bookends.
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Vintage 1960s Animal Sculptures

Materials

Onyx

Pair of American Midcentury McClelland Barclay Bronze Horse Head Bookends
By McClelland Barclay 2
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of American Art Deco bronze McClelland Barclay horse head bookends from the mid 20th century
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Cast Bronze Sculptures of Black Horses Bust Bookends on Stand
By Gucci
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Cast bronze black horse bust sculptures bookends, great to use on a desk as a paper weight or
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Art Deco Onyx Horses Heads Bookends Made in Italy
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Pair of Art Deco style stylized horses head bookends. Vintage set of bookends, hand-carved in onyx
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Onyx

Art Deco Pair of Cast Frankart School Trojan Horse Head Bookends, circa 1935
Located in Big Flats, NY
Art Deco pair of cast bronzed white metal Frankart School Trojan horse head bookends, circa 1935
Category

Early 20th Century European Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Art Deco Onyx Horse Head Paperweight
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Art Deco stylized horse head paperweight. Midcentury marble horse head bookend. Vintage hand
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paperweights

Materials

Marble

Pair of Austrian Midcentury Brown Glazed Ceramic Horse Book Ends by Anzengruber
By Leopold Anzengruber
Located in Vienna, AT
This charming Horse ceramic bookends have been designed and manufactured by the Viennese midcentury
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Vintage 1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Black Horse Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Black ceramic rearing horse bookends with metallic gold decorative effects.
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Vintage 1950s Bookends

Materials

Ceramic

Horse Bookends
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of beautifully carved wooden bookends of horses.
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Vintage 1940s American Bookends

Materials

Wood

Vintage 1940s Pair Of Heavy Glass Rearing Horse Bookends
Located in San Francisco, CA
Featured is a pair of horse bookends made of thick, heavy glass. The glass is crystal clear and
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Vintage 1940s Bookends

Materials

Glass

VINTAGE ART DECO TROJAN HORSE BOOKENDS
Located in San Francisco, CA
Featured are made by Dodge Trojan horse bookends. See below about Dodge Inc. Dodge, Inc
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20th Century Bookends

A Pair of Fruitwood Carved Horse Bookends
Located in Mississauga, ON
A Pair of Late 19th/Early 20th Century Fruitwood Carved Horse Bookends with cork bottoms.
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Early 20th Century English Decorative Objects

Materials

Fruitwood, Cork

1970s Horse Bookends, Pair
Located in Richmond, VA
Offered is a beautiful pair of 1970s solid-brass horse sculpture bookends.
Category

20th Century Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pair of Brass Modernist Horse Bookends Designed By Walter von Nessen, circa 1931
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Essex, MA
A pair of modernist brass stylized horse bookends, designed by Walter von Nessen (1889-1943) for
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Bookends

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Horse Bookends by Franz Hagenauer
By Franz Hagenauer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
metal, formed into shape. The whimsical horses roll their heads back to gaze upon a curled tail. Both
Category

Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Bookends

Copper Horse Bookends
Located in Hudson, NY
Copper bookends by Walter von Nessen for Chase Manufacturing company. Innovative patented design.
Category

Vintage 1930s Decorative Objects

Materials

Copper

Vintage Onyx Horse Bookends
Located in Phoenix, AZ
A beautiful pair of onyx bookends. Hello from Arizona!
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Onyx

Iconic pair original Walter von Nessen Horse bookends for Chase
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Dallas, TX
Stylized original "plumbing-elbow" horse caricature for Chase Copper Brass and Chrome by Nessen
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Bookends

Pair of Art Deco Brass Plated Trojan Horse Bookends by Frankart
By Arthur von Frankenberg, Frankart
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pair of stunning Art Deco Trojan horse head bookends. Brass plated over hand cast metal. The
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Bookends

Materials

Metal, Brass

Art Deco Trojan Horse Bronze Bookends
Located in San Francisco, CA
Featured are a pair of bronze Art Deco Trojan horse bookends.
Category

Vintage 1930s Bookends

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Signed Bronze Horse Bookends
Located in Stamford, CT
Amazing horse head bookends or decorative statues. Greek key design at middle.
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20th Century American Decorative Objects

Art Deco Champion Horses Copper Metal Bookends
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of ART DECO Horse bookends made by Champion productions. They are a copper metal felt bottom
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Vintage 1930s Bookends

Pair of Bronze and Marble Horse Bookends
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
Subject horses. Composition marble on bronze base. Width 17.5 cm / 7 in. Depth 9.5 cm / 3 3/4 in
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20th Century Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pair of Art Deco Glass Horse Bookends
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Handsome pair of Art Deco frosted glass bookends in the form of horseheads.
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Vintage 1930s American Glass

Materials

Glass

Chase Walter Von Nessen Horse Bookends Statue
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Oakland, CA
Extremely rare set of chase Equestrian bookends sculpture designed by Walter Von Nessen in 1932
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Rare Chase Walter Von Nessen Horse Bookends Statue
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Oakland, CA
Pair of Chase Equestrian bookends sculpture designed by Walter Von Nessen in 1932. Industrial
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Horse Bookends by Walter Von Nessen for Chase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Description: These wonderful modernist bookends were made in the 1930's. They are satin chrome over
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20th Century American Books

Pair of Horse Head Bookends
Located in Essex, MA
A charming pair of hand-painted ceramic horse head bookends, the expressive white horses with grey
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Bookends

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Marble Horse Head Bookends
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of carved marble horse head bookends.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Marble

Pair of Brass Horse Head Bookends
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of brass horse head bookends, probably from the 1970's. Sold as a pair.
Category

20th Century Bookends

Materials

Brass

Vintage Onyx Marble Horse Head Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ivory marble bookends with shades of gold running through
Category

Vintage 1930s American Bookends

Materials

Marble

Luxe Pair of Horse Head Bookends
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of brass horse heads mounted on square lucite bases. The horse heads have angular, chiseled
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Vintage 1970s American Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pair of Vintage Alabaster Horse Head Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lovely vintage pair of alabaster and dark stone horse head bookends.
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Alabaster

Pair of Bookends Horse Rider by Piero Fornasetti
By Fornasetti
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of bookends in decorated metal with horse's rider decor designed by Piero Fornasetti and
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Metal

A Pair of White Agate Horse Figurehead Bookends
Located in Middletown, MD
A stunning pair of exquisitely hand-carved figurehead bookends sculpted from a singular piece of
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Vintage 1920s South American Bookends

Materials

Agate

Pair of Brass Hermès Style Horse Saddle Stirrups Bookends
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Pair of brass Hermès style horse saddle stirrups bookends Polished brass finish Size: 5 x 5.5 x
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Vintage 1980s Asian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pair of Solid Brass 1950s Horse and Foal Bookends
Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Pair of solid brass 1950s horses and foal bookends designed and manufactured in the UK. Measures
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Vintage 1950s English Hollywood Regency Bookends

Materials

Brass

Pair of Art Deco Stylized Horse Head Bookends in Silverplate
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pair of highly stylized horse head bookends in cast steel with silverplate finish.
Category

20th Century American Bookends

Pair of Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Statue 2 Horses Figurine Bookends
Located in Pasadena, CA
Elevate your space with the bold elegance of this Art Deco Bronze Horse Sculpture Bookend Set
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Late 20th Century American Bookends

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Onyx Bookends
Located in San Francisco, CA
Horse head shaped onyx bookends. Priced as a pair.
Category

Vintage 1970s Bookends

Materials

Onyx

Pr Folk Art Bookends
Located in Culver City, CA
A simple pair of American (circa 1910) bookends having horse family decorative elements. The shoes
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Early 20th Century American Bookends

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Horse Bookends For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of horse bookends for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique horse bookends was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, stone and bronze. Horse bookends have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of horse bookends to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern and Hollywood Regency horse bookends are of considerable interest. Dodge Inc., Walter Von Nessen and Gladys Brown each produced beautiful horse bookends that are worth considering.

Finding the Right Bookends for You

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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