Lawrence of Arabia, antique set of two Art Deco bookends, Syroco wood, unmarked, c.1920s- early 1930s.

The bookends are 4.3/4" tall, and c.4.1/2" wide [12.1cm x 11.4cm], some wear and aging, original felt at the bottom and backside [some wear, the felt totally lost its original color]; very good condition.

Syracuse Ornamental Company (Syroco) American manufacturing company, founded in 1890 and based in Syracuse, New York, was best known for molded wood-pulp interior decorations and gift and novelty items that resembled hand-carving. The finished material could be smoothed and varnished to look like wood, or it could be painted.

By the 1930s the company had also developed an extensive line of gift and novelty items made of "SyrocoWood" and also "Woodite," a combination of wood flour and polymer. In the 1960s the company began to use injection molding for some of its products, but did not entirely abandon its old processes.

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