77/ 8 [Bookends]. (Dante). Pair of polychrome bronze bookends showing the bust of Dante, both 11x7,4x17,1 cm., New York, S.C. Tarrant Co., early 20th cent.

= By the end of the 19th cent., bookends showing famous people from the field of literature, politics etc. became a popular attribute in cultivated homes across the United States.