Antique Dummy Boards
Exceptional Pair of Dummy Boards
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine and rare pair of 18th Century English dummy boards depicting a Cavalier and his Lady, he with
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18th Century English Georgian Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Pine, Paint
Opera or Theatre Hand-Painted on Wood Dummy Boards, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large hand-painted on wood figural dummy boards from a theatre or opera production. American, early
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19th Century American Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Wood
$3,400 / set
H 78 in W 26.5 in D 1 in
Pair of Early 19th Century Georgian Pinewood Oil-Painted Dummy Boards
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 19th Century Georgian Pair of Dummy Boards. Pinewood with oil-painted fine details. Charming
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Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Pine, Paint
$3,377 / set
H 40.5 in W 19 in D 8 in
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Well Painted Dummy Boards
Located in Derbyshire, GB
Rare actual pair of well painted standing dummy boards
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Mid-19th Century Antique Dummy Boards
Pair of 19th Century English Dummy Boards
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Charming pair of 19th century or earlier dummy boards each with an area for weights in the back
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19th Century British Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Iron
Kneeling Angels (Flemmish pair of candlesticks)
Located in New York, NY
An unusual pair of candle-sticks, the cutout kneeling figures painted in the fashion of dummy
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18th Century and Earlier Belgian Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Panel
Pair of Dummy Boards
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A good pair of 19th century painted dummy boards, decoated with soliders in Austrian uniform.
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Mid-19th Century Australian Antique Dummy Boards
Two 19th Century Painted Dummy Boards
Located in Westwood, NJ
Rare pair of painted Dummy Boards
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19th Century Antique Dummy Boards
Pair of 19th Century Dummy Boards
Located in Westwood, NJ
Pair of continental 19th century dummy boards.
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Early 19th Century European Colonial Revival Antique Dummy Boards
English Handcrafted Wooden Folkart Victorian Dummy Boards
Located in London, GB
A wonderful set of 3 Victorian handmade dummy boards or companions as they are commonly known
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Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Dummy Boards
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Oak
Pair of English 1860s Painted Dummy Boards of Boy and Girl in English Costumes
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of mid-19th century Victorian dummy boards composed of two life-size flat wooden figures
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Wood
H 10 in W 20 in L 10 in
19th Century English Country House Dummy Boards in the 17th Century Style
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A pair of 17th century style dummy boards, depicting a young boy holding a small lap dog and a girl
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Late 19th Century English Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Pine
H 40.16 in W 11.82 in D 1.19 in
Pair of 19th Century French Terracotta Entrance Guard Statues
Located in Essex, MA
--Most Likely Used Like "Dummy Boards" which would give the potential thieves pause into thinking that
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Terracotta
Fine 19th Century Victorian Country Oak Dresser And Rack
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Either Side Of The Doors Being Dummies.
Lovely Wide Boards Used For The Back Of The Rack.
Slight
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19th Century English Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Oak
Pair of English Dummy Boards
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
An antique pair of probably English " dummy boards " or summer fireplace inserts. There is plenty
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19th Century English Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Wood
Pair of 19th Century Highly Decorative Painted Dummy Boards
Located in Suffolk, GB
A pair of highly decorative 19th century painted pine dummy boards.
This pair of dummy boards
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Late 19th Century English Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Pine, Paint
Pair of Victorian Painted Figural Dummy Boards, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
A Charming Pair of Victorian Carved and Painted Dummy Boards Depicting Children. Ex-collection of
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19th Century English Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Wood
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Italian 19th c. "dummy board" Woman and children
By Pedro Lara
Located in Natchez, MS
These "dummy boards" were created to put in the windows of villas to make people from a distance
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19th Century Italian Beaux Arts Antique Dummy Boards
Monumental Late 18th C Italian Theatrical Props
Located in Charleston, SC
These tall, opposing pair of dummy boards/theater props were created in Italy in the late-18th
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1780s Italian Classical Roman Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Linen
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Walt Disney Film Archives, the Animated Movies 1921-1968, Collector
s Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hardcover, 620 pages, 41.1 x 30 cm (16.2 x 11.8 in.) in clamshell box. With portfolio of 5 cel setups, 37.6 x 30 cm (14.8 x 11.8 in.) and 30 x 36.3 cm (11.8 x 14.3 in.), and 64-page ...
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2010s European Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Other
$750 / item
H 11.8 in W 16.2 in D 4 in
Iron strong box or safe. 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
Safe box. Iron. XIX century.
Rectangular safe made of iron, with a rectangular base, two handles on the sides and classicist-influenced molding decorations on the fronts and top. It...
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19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Other, Iron
Bessarabian Rug, 1810
Located in New York, NY
Bessarabian rug, 1810
Russia, circa 1810
Tapestry woven carpet
Imperial Tapestry Factory, St. Petersburg
Having an Adamesque central medallion on a warm caramel ground, with swan...
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Early 19th Century Russian Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Wool
Antique Sliver Ring Holder Swann Birds Decorative Jewellery Organiser Home Décor
Located in Wembley, GB
Add a touch of vintage charm to your jewellery collection with this beautiful swan ring holder. Crafted from high-quality metal with silver plating, it is the perfect addition to any...
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1960s British Art Deco Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Metal, Silver Leaf, Sheet Metal, Sterling Silver, Silver Plate
$319 Sale Price / item
45% Off
H 3.55 in W 3.15 in D 1.58 in
French Hand Painted Floral Porcelain Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming Porcelain Trinket Box painted in purples, gold, green and royal blue. Upon opening the box there is a cute flower design inside the lid. This piece would certainly be a fant...
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Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Gold, Brass
LOUIS KUPPENHEIM 1925 Trompe L
œil Malachite Enameled Box In .935 Sterling
By Louis Kuppenheim
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco Trompe L'œil enameled box by Louis Kuppenheim.
This is a beautiful decorative box, created in Germany during the art deco period, back in the 1925. This superb elegant box ...
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1920s German Art Deco Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Silver, Enamel
$2,089 Sale Price
30% Off
H 3.12 in W 2.01 in D 0.51 in
A French 19th-20th Century Ebonized Wood
Plated Surtout de Table Centerpiece
By Gianmaria Buccellati
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th-20th century neoclassical revival style ebonized wood and figural silver plated mounted plateau Surtout de Table centerpiece in the manner of Buccellati. The ...
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Early 1900s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Wood
$9,850 Sale Price
23% Off
H 5.25 in W 26 in D 22 in
English Adam Gilt Marble Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
English Adam (circa 1780) gilt wood console with a carved frieze over rams head topped fluted legs with a stretcher & alabaster veneered marble top with a verde edge.
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18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Alabaster, Marble, Gold Leaf
One-Off Winsor
Newton Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Sterling Silver 1977 Artist Box
By Windsor
Newton
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely one of a kind Winsor & Newton 1977 Queen Elizabeth Jubilee presentation with sterling silver plaques and boxes Calamander wood Artist b...
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20th Century English Early Victorian Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
$61,774
H 7.09 in W 20.48 in D 13.39 in
French Silver and Enamel Snuff Box Hallmarked Benjamin Wolles
Located in Newark, England
Gold Wire Inlay
From our Collectables collection, we are delighted to introduce this French Silver and Enamel Snuffbox. The Snuff Box of oval shape with a white enamel glaze mounted...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Gold, Silver, Enamel
Antique English safe
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Antique English safe with a drawer on the inside in good and completely original condition. Working and with original keys. also for the drawer on the inside. Quite special that both...
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Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Iron
Henri Quenvil Rare Art Deco Enameled Pendant Chandelier, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Rare and wide French Art Deco pendant chandelier by Henri Quenvil, 47 rue d'Hauteville, Paris (10e), France, ca.1920. Very spectacular and furiously classy pendant chandelier. French...
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique Chinese Silver
Malacca Walking Stick Cane 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Chinese gentleman's silver pommel and Malacca walking stick, circa 1880 in date.
This decorative walking cane features an exquisite Chinese silver pomme...
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1880s Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Silver
Early 20th Century Breloque Pinfire Prostitutes Pistol by Franz Pfannl
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful hand made pinfire pistol by Franz Pfannl, housed in its original Moroccan red leather case with its arsenic velvet interior. The gun would have originally had a small nic...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Leather, Velvet
$1,365
H 1.58 in W 2.37 in D 0.6 in
Antique Walking Silve Plated Cane Stick 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique English silver plated pommel walking stick, circa 1880 in date.
The striking stick features an ornate silver plated ornate tree trunk pommel having on a...
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1880s English Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Silver Plate
A Good Example of a Tower Light Dragoon Pattern Flintlock Pistol
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A very good example of a flintlock light Dragoon pattern pistol with walnut stock and good tower marks on the lock.
In wonderful untouched condition
Circa 1800
Barrel length 9"
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Early 19th Century English Antique Dummy Boards
Materials
Steel
$3,088
H 5.52 in W 2.56 in D 15.75 in
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Antique Dummy Boards For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of antique dummy boards is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct antique dummy boards — often made from wood, pine and softwood — can elevate any home. Antique dummy boards have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Victorian antique dummy boards are consistently popular styles.
How Much are Antique Dummy Boards?
Antique dummy boards can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $3,333, while the lowest priced sells for $1,763 and the highest can go for as much as $9,600.
Questions About Antique Dummy Boards
- What is a dummy board?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Dummy boards were flat cutouts of people that were painted to resemble other people in a household. It’s believed that they originated in Holland in the 17th century and quickly became a popular item to have in the home. They create the appearance of other people being in a home and are sometimes called silent companions. Their true purpose isn’t entirely understood. Shop a collection of dummy boards from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- What is a dummy board used for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022No one is entirely sure of the purpose of dummy boards or if there even was one solitary purpose. Dummy boards were wood cutouts of people and displayed in homes. It’s believed they may have been used to make homes feel larger, to ward off loneliness, to thwart burglars or perhaps just for pure folly. Shop a collection of dummy boards from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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