Bookends Art Nouveau & Art Deco

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Object

Bookends

Country of origin

Netherlands

Mexico

Material

Marble

Spelter

Metal

Bronze

Steel

Brass

Earthenware

Wood

Zamac

Rosewood

Gilt bronze

Gilt brass

Condition

Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes

Excellent condition: barely used with minimal signs of wear

Fair condition -  heavily used & with possibly minor parts missing

Period

1920-1930

1930-1940

1940-1950

1910-1920

Style

Art Deco

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Silver

1900-2000

Pure Art Deco, rare bookends.
Very fine depiction of two silver-plated bronze birds.
The cubist-styled birds stand on marble pedestals.

Signed on both birds: G Rischmann.
Overall condition of the birds is good.
The pedestals show some chips, one of the corners shows a repair

France - Art Deco  - 1920-1930

Gaston Rischmann - Bookends (2) - Cubist birds - silvered bronze and marble

Hippolyte François Moreau, France (1832-1927), a pair of bookends shaped like a toucan, made of silvered metal with a green agate ball in the beak, on a speckled black marble base. Signed.

France - Art Deco  - 1910-1920

Bookends (2) - Metal, Marble - Hippolite François Moreau

A beautiful set of sturdy Amsterdam School bookends.
Dated 1920s–1930s of the last century, with a clean design and a contemporary touch.
Modernist form with a column flanked by two dice.
Typical of the Dutch Art Deco period.
The condition is good for its age.
We pack it with

Netherlands - Art Deco  - 1920-1930

Bookends (2) - Set of Amsterdam School bookends - Oak

Pair of bookends with a nautical theme. Dimensions (L x W x H): 13 x 6 x 13.5 cm

France Bauhaus  - 1920-1930

Paire de serre-livres sur le thème de la Marine - Bookends - Gilt brass

Magnificent pair of elephant bookends.
In the style of sculptor Carlier.
Unsigned.
Very finely crafted and highly realistic, deep green and patinated gold.
Material: art cast iron, black marble with white veining.
Very good overall condition, tiny chipping on one corner of the

France - Art Deco  - 1930-1940

dans le goût carlier - Bookends (2) - Marble, Zamac - Elephants

Pair of Art Deco bookends in régule with a golden-brown patina, depicting exotic fish. Black veined marble bases. 1930s, France.

Overall good condition for age: one restoration to note: one fish appears to have been glued (visible adhesive marks on the base, see photo 35); this

France - Art Deco  - 1920-1930, 1930-1940

Bookends - Spelter, Marble - Art Deco Fish

A superb pair of bookends, crafted in a prestigious Verde de Mer Green Marble (or Verde Antique).
This marble is particularly sought after for its chromatic depth, offering an elegant contrast between a deep forest green and very graphic crystalline white veining.
In very good

Mexico -   - 1920-1930

Bookends - Marble

Elegant and timeless.
Very beautiful Art Deco-era bookends depicting, on a black marble base, an exotic discus fish on seaweed.

The fish have green and golden patina.

The piece is fairly well preserved with minor scuffs, hence some patina loss, tiny nicks on the base. One of

Bookends (2) - Exotic fish - Marble, Spelter - Pair of bookends

Very beautiful Egyptian-style bookends from around 1930 in the style of Demeter CHIPARUS that symbolize Cleopatra; the influence of Egypt in Art Deco is connected with the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter in 1922.

The Egyptian figures rest on very beautiful black

Bookends (2) - Cleopatra circa 1930 in the style of CHIPARUS - patinated art metal

Beautiful pair of Art Deco Bookends.

Elegant presentation of two Striding Lions.

Art Deco.
Circa 1930.
France.
Both sculptures made of bronze-colored patinated zamak and they stand on nice marble pedestals.

Highest point approx. 14.5 cm.
Dimensions of marble pedestals approx.

France -   - 1930-1940

Steigerende Leeuwen - Bookends - Bronze-colored patinated zamak on marble pedestals, ca. 1930, France

2 marble bookends with geometric shapes.

Art Deco.

France, 1930s.

Here only the marble bookends are sold, without the books.

Carefully packaged and insured for shipment.

Dimensions: 14 cm x 8 cm D x 12 cm H.

Total weight: 2.922 kg.

In very good condition, only 2 tiny chips

Bookends (2) - Marble Art Deco bookends with geometric shapes

Pair of Art Deco bronze bookends with a medal-like patina depicting exotic fish, on a pedestal. 1930s, France.

Fairly good overall condition for its age: a restoration to note: one fish has been re-welded rather roughly onto its base and misaligned relative to the position of

Bookends - Bronze - Art Deco Fish

Beautiful pair of Art Deco bookends in the shape of parrots.
Signed Georges Van De Voorde.
France ca. 1930.
Patinated metal on green marble.

This pair of bookends is depicted in the book:
Art Deco and other figures, Brian Catley, Antique Collectors' Club.

With certificate of

Gieterijstempel Brig - Georges Van De Voorde - Bookends - Art Deco Parrots - Marble, Metal

Magnificent pair of bookends representing a deer family—the stag, the doe and their fawn.
They are in art bronze casting for animals with a marble base.
The animals have an antique green patina and an astonishing realism of the animals, which brings a touch of elegance and luxury

France -   - 1920-1930

Bookends - Cervidae (the deer family) - Marble, Spelter

Pair of Art Deco Bookends "Renard et corbeau" - Art Deco.
This exceptional pair of cast-iron art bookends is the work of the famous sculptor Max Le Verrier, a leading figure of the Art Deco period.

Inspired by Jean de La Fontaine's fables, this series was created by the artist

Max Le Verrier (1891 – 1973) - Bookends - Green patinated bronze sculpture on black marble., Marble - The Fox and the Crow

Two beautifully stylized toucans perched on marble pedestals.
Humorous depiction of two toucans with their beaks raised.
The bookends show some patina loss here and there and a few small signs of age; otherwise the condition is good.
Unsigned.
Possibly a work by the French

Stijl Moreau - Bookends (2) - Two Toucans - Art Deco - Metal and Marble - Toucans

Superbe paire de serre-livres Art Déco authentiques, représentant deux vautours stylisés aux ailes déployées, éditée et signée par Max Le Verrier, vers 1930.
Chaque serre-livres est orné d’un rapace finement sculpté en régule à patine verte, reposant sur un socle en marbre noir

Max le Verrier (1891-1973) - Bookends (2) - Patinated Art Deco Metal - De Serre-livres Vautours

Set of three panther bookends – Signed TEDD – Regule and marble bases.
A beautiful decorative set consisting of three bookends featuring panthers, signed TEDD. The sculptures depict seated panthers with elegant, streamlined lines characteristic of the Art Deco taste for animal

Bookends (3) - Spelter - Panthères bookends

A stunning pair of original Art Deco bookends featuring stylized, aerodynamic aircraft, dating back to the 1930s. These pieces are quintessential examples of the Streamline Moderne movement, which emphasized curving forms and long horizontal lines, celebrating the era of early

France - Art Deco  - 1940-1950

Bookends (2) - aluminium sculptures mounted on marble bases - Airplanes

Devil masks (bookends) in Art Deco style. Model by E Thomasson

Belgium - Art Deco  - 1940-1950

Bookends (2) - 004 (1x) - Earthenware - Devils' Masks

Rare pair of Art Deco bookends.
Squirrels.
The base is rosewood, dimensions 12 x 6 x 2 cm.
The squirrels are gilded bronze.
The stand and the circle are gilded brass

Bookends - Gilt bronze, Rosewood

A pair of extraordinarily beautiful and also large antique solid bronze Art Deco bookends depicting two seated tigers.

These highly detailed, well-cast predators stand on a gorgeous Siena marble pedestal.

The items are of French origin and date from the first half of the 20th

Paar bronzen Art Deco - Bookends (2) - Bronze, Marble

Pair of art déco book cradles "Rabbit" around 1930, by George Nilsson, for Gero Holland.
Very good condition. Height: 11.5 cm, Weight of the two pieces: 0.9 kg. in pewter.
The books are not for sale (for display purposes).

Gero - Georg Nilsson - Bookends - Tin, Steel

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