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Inlaid Chinese Bookends
Located in Tampa, FL
A pair of 1920s Chinese carved teakwood bookends that have been inlaid with soapstone which has also been carved with designs. There's a tag on the back, possibly for import.
Category
1920s Chinese Used Bookends
Materials
Soapstone
Set of bookends hand-carved in oak, early 20th century.
Located in Herentals, BE
Beautiful set of bookends hand-carved in France in the early 20th century.
The oak bookends are finished with copper nails that feature the same facet pattern as the pattern of the w...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Oak
Pair of Ystad Metall 1928 Bookends
By Ystad-Metall
Located in New York, NY
Rare and early pair of bronze bookends by Ystad Metall, likely from 1928 and designed by Oscar Antonsson. Decorative design with keenling Puttis holding their hands on an antique urn...
Category
1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Used Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Pair of American Folk Art Tin Clad Pug Dog Bookends
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of American Folk Art Tin Clad Pug dog bookends
USA, circa 1940s
A great pair of hand-crafted, possibly one of kind American Folk Art Tin Clad pug dog motif bookends. Each one ...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Used Bookends
Materials
Tin
$1,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair Of Antique Bookends, Marble With Goose Sculptures, France, Art Deco
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique bookends with sculptures of two goose on a marble base.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Marble, Zinc
Set of Vintage Alabaster Marble Hellenistic Bust Bookends From Italy
By Lladro
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and stylist set of alabaster marble bookends with greek busts. These beautiful pieces date to the 1950s and are incredibly sculptural and impactful. Resting in alabaster ...
Category
1950s Italian Empire Revival Used Bookends
Materials
Marble
"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 Used Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
$2,320 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Frosted Crystal Hirondelle / Swallow Bookends by Lalique of France
By Lalique
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of gorgeous frosted crystal Hirondelle / Swallow bookends by Lalique of France, circa 1980s. The bookends are in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measure ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Crystal
Art Deco Bookends Antelopes Signed Limousin
By Limousin
Located in NANTES, FR
Large pair of spelter bookends around 1930 by Jacques Limousin.
Antelope on a portor marble base and onyx application.
Signed Limousin on the base.
In very good state of conservat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Onyx, Marble, Spelter
$1,542 / set
Arrow Brass and Wood Bookends with Hand Stiched Leather, France 1960
s
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Den Haag, NL
Arrow Brass and Wood Bookends with Hand Stiched Leather, France 1960's
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Used Bookends
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pair of Lucerne Lion Bookends by HPI
By Borghese
Located in San Diego, CA
A regal pair of "Lucerne Lion" with shield bookends by HPI, circa 1992. The pair is in great vintage condition and our made of what I believe to be a heavy cast resin; each bookend i...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Used Bookends
Materials
Resin
$375 / set
Antique Art Deco
Heron
Bookends by Maurice Frecourt 1930 France Art Nouveau
By Maurice Frecourt, Maurice Frecourt
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Very beautiful and rare pair of spelter bookends featuring herons made by the artist Maurice Frécourt (1890-1961). Executed in the middle of the art deco period around 1930. These tw...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
German Shepherd Dog Sculpture Bookends by Louis-Albert Carvin. France 1925
By Louis-Albert Carvin
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
German Shepherd dog sculpture bookends by Louis-Albert Carvin.
Dog Animalier Art Deco Sculpture Bookends in Marble and Silvered Metal. Pair of large Silvered Metal Sculptures of two ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Marble, Metal
Art Deco Gilt Bronze Rabbit Bookends, Edouard-Marcel Sandoz. France c 1925
By Susse Freres, Edouard-Marcel Sandoz
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco gilt bronze rabbit, hare sculpture bookends - Edouard-Marcel Sandoz. Mounted over Black Belgium marble Bases. Signed Ed. M. Sandoz and Foundry Susse Freres Edition Paris.
E...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Bronze
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 crafted, they are honey cream in color on a black marble base. Great addition to a...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Used Bookends
Materials
Marble
1960s Rustic Gold Jack Bookend George Nelson Design Line Calif
By Bill Curry
Design Line
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Rustic Jack Bookend Decor George Nelson Design Line Calif
4.5 tall x 5.75w x 4.75d
Original Rustic Unrestored Vintage Condition Item, preowned.
Refer to images.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Used Bookends
Materials
Metal
Golf Bookends With Robert Simpson Club Heads
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Robert Simpson Bookends, Mashie Niblick & Wood.
A pair of bookends hand crafted from high quality traditional materials with original 1940's club heads. The heads came from the Carno...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Used Bookends
Materials
Oak
African Buffallo trópical wood bookends
Located in MIJDRECHT, NL
Tropical Wood African Buffalo Bookends
Dimensions a piece (h x w x d): 18 x 17 x 11 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Used Bookends
Materials
Wood
$331 / set
Coppia di Fermalibri in Acciaio e Ottone - Italia - Anni
70
Located in Milano, IT
Originale coppia di fermalibri nello stile di Gabriella Crespi, realizzati con pesanti elementi di acciaio sui quali sono fissati due colombi in ottone massiccio stampato. I volatili...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Used Bookends
Materials
Brass, Steel
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 Used Bookends
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Rooster Bookends. France 1920´s.
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Rooster Bookends. France 1920´s.
Signed by french artist Bertin.
Silvered Bronze sculptures mounted over black and golden marble bases.
Excellent conditions...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Pair of Figural Spelter 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 condition. Originating from France and dating to the 1930s both stand on marble ba...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Bookends in wood, France , Style: Art Deco
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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 button that reads 'View All ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Wood
$4,200 / set
Mid-Century Modern Blenko Clear Textured Glass Elephant Bookends by Wayne Husted
By Wayne Husted, Blenko Glass
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 Mid-Century Modern Used Bookends
Materials
Glass
Pair of Space Age Bookends by Giotto Stoppino for Kartell
By Giotto Stoppino, Kartell
Located in San Diego, CA
A pair of space gge bookends by Giotto Stoppino for Kartell, circa 1970's.
The set is in very good vintage condition with no cracks and measures 16"W x 8"D x 8"H. Cool and functio...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Used Bookends
Materials
Plastic
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 Used Bookends
Materials
Steel
Vintage Decorative Bookends, Italian, Marble, Book Rest, Classical, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage decorative bookends. An Italian, marble book rest in classical taste, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1940.
Fascinating decorative bookends with a str...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Marble
Vintage Large Scale Brass Rams Head Bookends, 1970
s
By Alain Chervet
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Vintage Large Scale Brass Rams Head Bookends, 1970's
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Bookends
Materials
Brass
$318 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage Hollywood Regency Brass Faux Tassel Bookend or Doorstop - 1970s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A Hollywood Regency brass tassel motif bookend. Created from heavy brass, this piece will be a wonderful way to hold up your favorite books on a bookshelf in a beautiful way. The pie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Hollywood Regency Used Bookends
Materials
Brass
Rustic Forest Giselle Stag Buck Animal Wood Bookends from Sweden, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair Giselle or stag deer buck animal carved wood bookends in the Rustic style, circa mid to late-20th century, Sweden. Animal is carved against a 'book'. A great set for a library...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Rustic Used Bookends
Materials
Wood
1950s Hollywood Regency Solid Polished Brass Bookends Asian Fan Shaped
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
1950s Hollywood Regency Solid Polished Brass Asian Fan Shaped Bookends.
These are stunning and highly decorative set of fan form bookends.
Circa 1950s. A Fine Pair of Brass Fan Booke...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Hollywood Regency Used Bookends
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Bronze Cat Bookends by Alexandre Kéléty. France 1925
By Alexandre Kéléty
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Bronze Cat Sculpture Bookends, by Alexandre Kelety. France 1925. Fantastic details.
Biography
He was active as an artist, sculptor, painter and printmaker from 1918 until h...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Neoclassical Sphynx Bookends in Ceramic
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of solid yeso ceramic bookends , stamped with MMA logo circa 1980's nice condition.
Category
20th Century American Egyptian Used Bookends
Materials
Ceramic
$220 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage Contemporary Carved Column Bookends- a Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fabulous pair of vintage Contemporary bookends. A beautiful deep red on a carved wooden column. A chic and simple design. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Used Bookends
Materials
Wood
Carl Auböck Bookends # 3652
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Classic pair of Carl Auböck bookends in polished brass.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Used Bookends
Materials
Brass
$789 / set
Pair of Cast Iron Original Paint Hubley Doorstops C1935 Flowers in a Bouquet Urn
By Hubley Manufacturing Company 2
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 Used Bookends
Materials
Iron
Pair of Sculptural German Art Nouveau Brass Bronze Bookends 1900
Located in Berlin, DE
Decorative pair of Art Nouveau brass/bronze bookends.
Germany, 1900s.
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Used Bookends
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Vintage Equestrian Horse Iron, Brass Trophy Bookends Stamped P.M.C, Pair
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Equestrian Horse Iron, Brass Trophy Bookends Stamped P.M.C, Pair
Offered for sale is a pair of equestrian-themed iron and brass trophy bookends stamped P.M.C. . Each bookend...
Category
20th Century American Used Bookends
Materials
Brass, Iron
F.lli Mannelli Pair of Bookends in Rapolano Travertine Marble, Italy 1970s
By Fratelli Mannelli
Located in Naples, IT
Pair of stone bookends by Fratelli Manelli.
Made from exquisite Rapolano Travertine, a type of Italian travertine known for its distinctive cream color and delicate veining.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Bookends
Materials
Marble
MCM Copper
Brass Brutalist Tree of Life Sculpture in the manner of Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Brutalist style Tree of Life metal sculpture. Unsigned, in the manner of Curtis Jere. Brass and copper sculpted to form the Tree of Life. Copper trunk and branches with shiny brass...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Used Bookends
Materials
Metal
Circular Chrome Bookends in the Style of Curtis Jeré
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair metal chrome plated bookends in the Style of Curtis Jeré. Each bookend has a heavy rectangular base.
Dimensions
Each bookend measures: 6.5” width x 4.5” depth x 7.5” height.
C...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Bookends
Materials
Metal, Chrome
MCM Metal Brutalist Globe Hemispheres Sculpture in the manner of Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Charlotte, NC
A companion pair of Brutalist style globe hemispheres metal sculptures. Unsigned, in the manner of Curtis Jere. Patinated bronze color solid metal forming the clearly visible contine...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Used Bookends
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Bronze Monogram Bookends Letter L by L.E Mason Co. model PG1401
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice pair of art Deco bookends monogrammed with the letter L, circa 1940's excellent condition very light wear, produced by L.E Mason Company.
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Vintage French Wooden Bookends
Located in High Point, NC
These original bookends, originating from 20th-century France, showcase expert carving into smooth, L-shaped geometric figures. Accompanied by bottle-like wooden containers, they pro...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Used Bookends
Materials
Wood
$450 / set
Set of Polished Brass and Chrome Tennis Racket Bookends QUICK SHIP
Located in New York, NY
Set of brass and chrome tennis racket bookends. Has thin foam on bottom to prevent scratching furniture. 5.5" high. Great on a book shelf or desk. Nice condition, ready to use. QUICK...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Used Bookends
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Vintage Midcentury Glass Owl Bookends by Blenko
By Jonathan Adler, Rosenthal, Blenko Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of midcentury glass owl bookends by Blenko from the 1960s. Incredible craftsmanship and detail in this pair of glass bookends that can adapt to your style as sculpture...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Bookends
Materials
Blown Glass
"Seated Male Nudes, " Pair of Bookends with Figures in Michelangelo-Esque Poses
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and very fine, this set of bronze-toned bookends feature a nude male figure in repose, his arms resting on one knee, in a Renaissance setting topped with an arched cornice and p...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Metal
Antique Cast Iron End of Trail Indian Native American Figural Bookends
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Cast Iron End of Trail Indian Native American Figural Bookends. Circa Early to Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 7" H x 5" W x 2" D.
Category
Early 20th Century American Classical Used Bookends
Materials
Iron
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 Used Bookends
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
1930s Art Deco Bookends Beige Marble Hand Carved 3 Colors Sphere Rectangle Base
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of 1930s Art Deco French Marble bookends with different types of marble in black and light pink.
No markings.
A great addition to Your Bookshelf decor, Desk Accessory, library...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Marble
Boys Bookends in bronce and Marble, France , Style: Art Deco
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sign: Silvestre / Susse Fes Ej. Paris
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.
Pu...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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 Used Bookends
Materials
Onyx
$220 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Art Deco Squirrel Bookends in Silvered Bronze, by Marcel Guillemard
By Marcel Guillemard
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Elegant pair of silvered bronze squirrel bookends on a black marble top.
By Marcel Guillemard (1886-1932), emblematic decorator and designer of the Primavera workshop of the Printem...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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 Used Bookends
Materials
Alabaster
Brass and Chrome Golf Club Bookends QUICK SHIP
Located in New York, NY
Set of brass and chrome golf bookends featuring brass club and ball with nice detail. Thin foam on bottom to prevent scratching. Great for the golfer or man cave or she shed. Very go...
Category
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Used Bookends
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Sculptural Brass Elephant Bookends, 1970
s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Sculptural Brass Elephant Bookends, 1970's. Nice original patina.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Bookends
Materials
Brass
$280 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Art Deco Birds Book ends, Wood, Brown France, 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Book Ends, Sculpture representing a kneeling woman. The objects are in wood. These bookends were made in France in the 1940s, they are typical objects from the Art Deco period. It is...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Used Bookends
Materials
Wood
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Used Bookends For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of used bookends available on 1stDibs. The range of distinct used bookends — often made from metal, stone and brass — can elevate any home. Used bookends have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Used bookends made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Art Deco — are very popular at 1stDibs. Many used bookends are appealing in their simplicity, but Ben Seibel, Max Le Verrier and Carl Auböck produced popular used 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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