Bookends in Form of Renaissance Monk Library Natural Alabaster and Marble

Charming and highly decorative pair of French Art Deco figural bookends depicting seated musicians serenading with mandolin-style instruments. Executed in patinated spelter with warm...

Very stylish pair of mid-century sculptural Italian marble bookends, circa 1960s. The bookends are heavy and solid and well crafted. They measure 8"W x 2.5"D x 6.5"H and would make a...

We are offering a wonderful pair of matching Art Deco Italian hand carved onyx stone and marble Book figural bookends sculptures. These date from the 1930's and one has the remains o...

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...

A pair of English Art Deco period (circa 1930) figural bronze and onyx bookends featuring Chinese children; a seated Chinese boy reading a book and another similar boy peering over...

Nice vintage pair of carved Mexican onyx stone bookends, circa 1970s. The bookends depict a sleeping man with poncho and sombrero sitting by a cactus; they have wonderful veining an...

Unique on 1stdibs and possibly worldwide. It was in the early 20th century that meditation became known in Western society. Like many artists, the one who handcrafted the sculptures that were used to create these bookends probably traveled through Indonesia or India. These creative minds came back full of inspiration of all they had witnessed, because certainly back then, they entered a whole new world. The meditating males on these marble based bookends are made of silvered brass and the artist perfectly captured their serene faces, their turban head wear and their relaxed bodies. Sitting with their minds at rest and with their consciousness in the entire body or possibly focussed on breathing only, they would certainly arouse interest with western travelers...

Pair of Modern White Marble Book Form Bookends. 5.25" H x 4.25" W x 2.25" D. Provenance: A Brooklyn Heights, New York Estate.

We are pleased to offer for sale a refined and sculptural set of bookends, composed of two pieces representing the evocative ruins of fluted classical columns, inspired by ancient Gr...

Pair of bronze and marble bookends, signed H.M. White. England, circa 1920. With Chinese children studying.