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Brass Bookends marked Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Sweden, 1960s
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Cork, IE
Stylish and timeless in their design, these decorous brass bookends hail from the studios of the
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Rare Vintage Carl Auböck Bookends, Austria, 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a wonderful pair of rare vintage brass and can bookends by Carl Aubock. The pair is made of
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
$1,440 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Modernist Chrome Bookends by McDonald Products
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool pair of modernist chrome bookends by McDonald Products, circa 1970s. The pair are heavy
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Chrome
Silvered Bronze English Bulldog Bookends. France 1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
century to the mid-20th century. In 1970, the brand Rigolleau Argentina made pieces authorised by Lalique
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3846 Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3846 brass bookends.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Curvy Stone Bookend in Yellow and Cream
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Creamy color stone bookend. Midcentury in form, this lovely bookend is the perfect way to add
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Stone
Pair of Midcentury Glass Owl Bookends by Blenko
By Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Midcentury pair of handblown owl bookends by Blenko, circa 1960s. The bookends are heavy and solid
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Blown Glass
$300 Sale Price / set
36% Off
A Pair of Vintage Alabaster Mushroom Bookends, Italy, c. 1960
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of Vintage Alabaster Mushroom Bookends
Italy, circa 1960
Hand Carved / Partial Label on
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
Porcelain Foo Dog Lion Decorative Object or Bookend
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful white porcelain foo dog lion decorative object or bookend, circa early to mid-20th
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Bookends
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Pair of Carved Mexican Onyx Stone Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice vintage pair of carved Mexican onyx stone bookends, circa 1970s. The bookends depict a
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Bohemian Bookends
Materials
Onyx
Pair of Vintage Solid Onyx Aztecs Mexican Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of solid onyx bookends, circa 1970's Aztec style some light chips due to age Sold AS/IS.
Category
20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Onyx
$220 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Scroll Leaf Brass Bookends by Craftsman
By Philadelphia Manufacturing Company
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of scroll leaf brass bookends by P.M. Craftsman (Philadelphia Manufacturing Co.), circa 1970s
Category
Mid-20th Century American Bookends
Materials
Brass
Gucci Horsebit Bookends, Tan Leather, Brass, Wood, Signed
By Gucci
Located in New York, NY
Gucci Horsebit Bookends, Tan Leather, Brass, Wood, Signed. Medium scale bookends finished in
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
$6,650 Sale Price / set
30% Off
1952 Brass Eagle Bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of brass spread-wing eagle bookends by Virginia Metalcrafters, stamped 1952. The
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
$220 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Solid Brass Folding Chinese Foo Dog Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of solid brass folding foo dog bookends, circa 1960s. The bookends are in good
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4635 Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #4635 brass bookends.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Art Deco Bookends Signed P Kiss
By Paul Kiss
Located in NANTES, FR
Pair of bookends circa 1930.
Wrought iron squirrels stamped P. Kiss for Paul Kiss.
In perfect
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Wrought Iron
$5,696 / set
1950s Ben Seibel Abstract Gold Silver Brass Bookend Set
By Ben Seibel, Jenfredware
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Ben Seibel Modernist Abstract Gold Silver Bookend Pair
designed by Ben Seibel for Jenfredware
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Fleur De Lis Style Marble Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of fleur de lis style marble bookends, circa 1940s. The bookends are heavy and solid and well
Category
Mid-20th Century American Bookends
Materials
Marble
$220 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3651 Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3651 brass bookends.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3654 Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3654 brass bookends.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3848 Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3848 brass bookends.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4636 Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #4636 brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
1960s Design Line Metal Jack Jax Bookend California
By Bill Curry
Design Line
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
George Nelson Style Design Line Single Jack Bookend California Bill Curry
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal
Clarabell and Emmet Kelly Bronze Bookends, PM Craftsman 1970s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The set features two bookends shaped like clowns, with the character Clarabell and Emmet Kelly
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #1937
Bamboo
Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #1937 'Bamboo' bookends.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4637 Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #4637 brass bookends.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Collection of 7 White Powder Coated Cast Iron Bookends
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Classic set of 7 bookends, featuring a golfer, a horse, an elephant, a bull, a farmhouse, a sphinx
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Iron
$440 Sale Price / set
54% Off
"Lincoln in the Chair" Bookends by Philadelphia Manufacturing Company
By Philadelphia Manufacturing Company
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of "Lincoln in the Chair" brass bookends, made by the Philadelphia Manufacturing Company. A
Category
Mid-20th Century American Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Polychrome Carved Wood "Stacked Books" Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of polychromed carved wood "stacked books" bookends, circa 1970s. The set are in good vintage
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Bookends
Materials
Wood
Pair of Midcentury Marble and Wooden Horse Head Bookends
Located in Antwerp, BE
Stylish pair of midcentury wooden horse head bookends, circa 1970s. The bookends are heavy and well
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Marble
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3847 Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3847 brass bookends.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Midcentury Ben Seibel Sculptural Flame Bookends
By Ben Seibel
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural Ben Seibel for Jenfred book ends, circa 1950s. In brass finish. Some wear, patina and scratches but overall nice condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4102 Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #4102 brass bookends.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3652 Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3652 brass bookends.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #3653 Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #3653 brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
American Eagle Hand Carved Seri Ironwood Bookends 1960
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
for firewood and charcoal with some carving. In the mid-20th century, the Seri had to move from their
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Bookends
Materials
Wood
Ben Seibel Stirrup Bookends, Brass, Jenfred-Ware, Raymor, Signed
By Raymor, Ben Seibel, Jenfred Ware
Located in New York, NY
Ben Seibel Stirrup bookends, brass, Jenfred-Ware, Raymor, signed. A very clean pair with original
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of MCM Leather Wrapped World Map Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Classic pair of large leather wrapped bookends with a midcentury brass world map plaque embedded in
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
$300 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
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
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Carrara Marble
Libbiloo
Circus Horse Bookends by Russel Wright, 1928
By Russel Wright
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An early pair of nickel-plated, fanciful 'Libbiloo' circus horse bookends by Russel Wright
Category
Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal, Nickel
Set of Polished Brass and Chrome Tennis Racket Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Set of brass and chrome tennis racket bookends. Has thin foam on bottom to prevent scratching
Category
Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Zadounaisky Pair of Art Deco Wrought Iron Bookends
By Michel Zadounaïsky
Located in NANTES, FR
Pair of wrought iron bookends representing antelopes.
Stamped Zadounaisky.
In very good condition
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Wrought Iron
Richard Rohac, a Pair of Bookends, Austria, Mid-1900s
By Richard Rohac
Located in Stockholm, SE
A pair of rare abstract bookends in solid bronze, designed by Richard Rohac, Austria, mid 1900s
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Art Deco Bookends in Silver Bronze
By Gauthier
Located in NANTES, FR
Bookends circa 1930 in silvered bronze representing a gazelle on a black marble base signed
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,364 / set
Art Deco Pair of Woodpecker Bookends, French, C1930
Located in Devon, England
Very stylish and rare matching pair of Art Deco bookends. These are a great find and in exceptional
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Pair of Travertine Elephant Bookends by Fratelli Mannelli, Italy 1970s
By Fratelli Mannelli
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Sculptural pair of travertine bookends designed by Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, circa 1970s.
Carved
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Travertine
Pair of Blanc De Chine Foo Dog Sculptural Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of handsome and Striking Blanc De Chine Foo Dog Bookends or Sculpural objets d'arte.
A
Category
20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Vintage Regency Brass Duck Head Bookends - Set of 2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This elegant set of vintage brass duck head bookends adds a touch of regency charm to your
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Regency Bookends
Materials
Brass
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4843 Patinated Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4843 patinated brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
A pair or vintage Italian alabaster mushroom bookends, circa 1960
Located in View Park, CA
A pair of hand-carved alabaster marble bookends, made in Italy circa 1960. These sculptural
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
Art Deco Figural Bronze Bookends, Signed Herzig, 1930s
Located in Devon, England
Beautiful Art Deco chromed bronze bookends, depicting swift birds on an arched branch. Engraved
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Bronze, Chrome
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4099 Patinated Brass Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4099 patinated brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Brass
Iconic Midcentury Gender Symbol / Sex Bookends by C. Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in San Diego, CA
Original pair of midcentury sculptures / bookends featuring the universal symbols for male and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
$600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Art Deco Bookends, Brass Shells Design Sculptures, 1940s France
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Art Deco Bookends, Brass Shells Design Sculptures, 1940s France
Elegant pair of French Art Deco
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Bronze Clad American Eagle
John Kennedy JFK
Bookends
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in San Diego, CA
A striking pair of bronze clad American eagle bookends by Marion Bronze, circa 1960s. The eagles
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Bronze
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Midcentury Bookends For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of midcentury bookends for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique midcentury bookends was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, stone and wood. Midcentury bookends have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Midcentury bookends bearing Mid-Century Modern or Art Deco hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Many midcentury bookends are appealing in their simplicity, but Ben Seibel, Blenko and Astrolite produced popular midcentury bookends that are worth a look.
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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