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Fine Antique Burl Walnut Inlaid Marquetry Carved Davenport Secretary Desk 1860
Located in Portland, OR
marquetry inlay. To the inside is a storage well with four interior drawers (the top two are dummy) with
Category

1860s English High Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Maple, Satinwood, Walnut, Burl

18th Century Narrow Welsh Dresser Base
Located in Houston, TX
across the top, plus three working drawers to the center (rather than the dummy fronts found on many
Category

18th Century Great Britain (UK) Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

Antique Campaign Style Mahogany Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
. It has three drawers on the front and three dummy drawers on the back, so it looks the same from both
Category

1950s English Campaign Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Quality Mahogany Small Drum Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
crossbanded in mahogany and satinwood above two working drawers and four dummy drawers with quality oval
Category

Early 20th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Other

Absolutely Gorgeous Burr Walnut Brights of Nettlebed Coffee Table Two Drawers
By Brights of Nettlebed
Located in Pulborough, GB
on the other side are dummy drawers. We have lightly restored this by giving it a hand clean, wax
Category

20th Century British Chippendale Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Regency Palisander Davenport Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
one side with pull out pen tray, mirrored on the opposite side with dummies. Standing on plinth base
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Palisander

Early 19th century Regency davenport writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
side with pull out pen tray, mirrored on the opposite side with dummies. Standing on plinth base with
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Palisander

19th Century Kingwood and Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
stringing. Dummy drawers to the reverse, which makes this desk freestanding. Expected natural fading
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Used Dummies

Materials

Kingwood

Antique Mahogany English Regency Victorian Lamp Work Table atr Gillows Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Dublin, Ireland
quality and compact proportions. Fitted with two drawers and dummy drawers at back, all with original
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut

Antique Georgian Mahogany Bedside Table Washstand, circa 1810
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
one is a dummy, concealing the washstand). Lovely age, color and patina. Measures: 40cm wide (79cm
Category

1810s Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Exceptional Satinwood Pembroke Table
Located in Folkestone, GB
. The drawer and dummy drawer, and square tapering legs similarly inlaid with satinwood and hare-wood
Category

Late 18th Century English Sheraton Used Dummies

Materials

Kingwood, Purpleheart, Satinwood

Antique Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard
Located in London, GB
. It has a serpentine shaped front with dummy drawers on either side that are really cupboards and a
Category

Mid-20th Century English Sheraton Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Large Burr Walnut Partners Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
leather inserts each decorated with gold tooling. Below this, there are three drawers opposing three dummy
Category

Mid-20th Century English Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Antique Burr Walnut Sofa Table
Located in London, GB
that have original brass handles & two more dummy drawers on the back. The base section has an
Category

1910s Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Antique William IV Mahogany Side Table
Located in London, GB
from circa 1840 period. It's finished all of the way around and has one drawer on the top, with dummy
Category

1840s English Early Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

An Exceptional Anglo Indian Library Table
Located in Kent, Dover
carving, which goes fully around & includes two drawers on one side & two ''dummy'' drawers on the other
Category

19th Century Used Dummies

Antique Mahogany Sofa Table
Located in London, GB
very well constructed with drawers on the front and dummy drawers on the back. There is a turned
Category

1890s English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Georgian Mahogany Writing Table
Located in London, GB
nice about it is that it’s two sided, with dummy drawers on the back. It’s mahogany with a tooled
Category

19th Century English Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Victorian Mahogany Side / Console Table
Located in London, GB
turned column with quadruple cabriole legs. It has a drawer on end and a dummy drawer on the other, both
Category

1860s British Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of Antique Georgian Style Mahogany Side Table
Located in London, GB
either end of a sofa. There are drawers on one end and dummy drawers on the other end. The sides have
Category

1950s English Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Fine Quality Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
and four dummy drawers to the left. The carved walnut cabriole legs to the front boast leaf carvings
Category

Mid-19th Century English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Antique Sheraton Style Inlaid Mahogany Sideboard
Located in London, GB
period. It has a serpentine shaped front with dummy drawers on either side that are really cupboards
Category

Mid-20th Century English Sheraton Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Carved Oak Partners Desk Writing Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
canted corners. Minor surface marks, minor losses to the escutheons. Dummy detail to the reverse which
Category

Late 19th Century European Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

Late 19th Century French Mahogany Empire Writing Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
dummy drawers and further mounts. Egyptian style mounts to the knee. Standing on tapered legs
Category

Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Early 20th century leather top desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
fitted with dummy drawers on the back and sides, all fitted with the same swan neck handles. Very much
Category

Early 20th Century Swedish Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Mahogany Pembroke Table
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
single drawer with an opposing dummy drawer and is raised on turned legs terminating in brass caps and
Category

1790s English Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Small Regency Mahogany Sofa Table 19th Century
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
. Oak lined drawer to one side and a dummy to the other. The drawer slides freely. Stands on brass
Category

1820s Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

18th Century English Oak Dresser
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
in the frieze and the top two shelves. The base has three top drawers and two further small dummy
Category

18th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

Regency Mahogany Drum Table with Leather, England ca. 1810
Located in Atlanta, GA
dummy drawers all surmounted with brass ring pulls with Prince of Wales motif, atop a central turned
Category

19th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Regency Style Mahogany Leather Top Drum Table
Located in London, GB
period. It has eight flame mahogany drawer fronts, of which four are real drawers and four are dummies
Category

1950s English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Fine French 19th Century Victorian Parquetry and Ormolu-Mounted Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
with parquetry inlay and ormolu handles, two dummy drawers to the back making it freestanding
Category

Mid-19th Century French Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Ormolu

1960s Danish Teak Vintage Vanity Bureau Dressing Table
Located in London, GB
mechanism, the top drawer is a dummy that pulls out and flips up to reveal a mirror and storage space. This
Category

1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Mirror, Teak

Victorian Burr Walnut Inlaid Davenport
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
. The left side has dummy drawers and the apposing side has functional drawers with brass handles, the
Category

1870s European Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Antique Leather Top Drum Table
Located in London, GB
inset leather surface, there are two drawers and four additional dummy drawer fronts. This sits on a
Category

1950s British Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Wood

Antique Georgian Regency Brazilian Rosewood Pedestal Drum Center Table, 1825
Located in Portland, OR
mahogany-lined working & locking drawers and three false/dummy drawers, on a hexagonal pedestal base and
Category

1820s English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Rosewood

19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Inlaid Davenport
Located in Richmond, Surrey
the left hand side there are 4 dummy drawers, all with turned wooden knobs. The desk stands on a
Category

19th Century English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Outstanding Antique Edwardian Freestanding Mahogany Sofa Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
handles, dummy drawers to the back, supported by solid mahogany ends with a cross stretcher terminating
Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Used Dummies

Materials

Other

20th Century French Shop Mannequin, c.1910
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
French mannequin or Taylor's dummy dates from around the 1910s era and has a black steel base. The neck
Category

20th Century French Used Dummies

Materials

Steel

Beautiful Rosewood Library Table
Located in Kent, Dover
carving, which goes fully around & includes two drawers on one side & two ''dummy'' drawers on the other
Category

1830s Anglo-Indian Used Dummies

19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
motif. Below this the davenport has four drawers on one side, and four dummy drawers on the other. The
Category

Mid-19th Century English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Antique Sheraton Style Inlaid Mahogany Console Table
Located in London, GB
, flanked by two dummy drawers. The legs are tapered with spade end feet. This table is very much Sheraton
Category

1950s English Sheraton Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Fine William IV Anglo-Indian Library Table
Located in Kent, Dover
carving, which goes fully around & includes two drawers on one side & two ''dummy'' drawers on the other
Category

19th Century Irish Used Dummies

Early 19th Century Mahogany Davenport by Gillows of Lancaster
Located in Martlesham, GB
inset tooled leather which lifts up to reveal a storage well and four small drawers, two dummy and two
Category

1820s British Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Two-Drawer Mahogany Drop Leaf Work Table
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
mahogany lined drawers to one side, which slide freely (dummies to the other). Solid and strong, with no
Category

1830s Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century English William IV Oak Davenport Writing Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
to the side and a pen drawer, and four dummy drawers to the other side. This piece is in a nice
Category

Early 19th Century English William IV Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

Regency Satinwood and Rosewood Sofa Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
castors. The table is the same on the reverse with dummy drawers so it can be used freestanding
Category

1820s English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood, Satinwood

Antique Georgian Style Inlaid Walnut Coffee Table
Located in London, GB
inlaid double herringbone borders, this has two drawers on one side and dummy drawers on the reverse, so
Category

1950s British Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Regency Period Drum Top Library Table
Located in Lymington, GB
19th century, circa 1820. With an assortment of alternating ‘real’ and ‘dummy’ drawers in the frieze
Category

1820s English Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

19th Century English Regency Period Rosewood and Brass Inlaid Sofa Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
brass handles, with two dummy drawers on the opposing side. The end supports united by a turned
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Antique Sheraton Period Inlaid Mahogany Pembroke Table, circa 1800
Located in Suffolk, GB
in satinwood, two oval drop leaves, one drawer and one dummy drawer to the frieze with original brass
Category

Early 1800s English Sheraton Used Dummies

Materials

Brass, Other

English Mahogany Sheraton Style Sideboard
By Maple Co.
Located in Banner Elk, NC
mahogany double dummy drawer fronted cellaret drawer, all with brass lion head ring pulls and similar satin
Category

Mid-19th Century English Sheraton Used Dummies

Materials

Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood

Geo III Mahogany Drum Table
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
, above an arrangement of two long and two short drawers, with dummy drawers and and all featuring brass
Category

Early 1800s English George III Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Ebony, Mahogany

Diminutive Georgian Mahogany Bowfront Writing Table or Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
desk is fronted by a center storage drawer flanked by two dummy drawers having round brass pulls. The
Category

19th Century English Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Beautiful Carved William IV Anglo-Indian Library Table
Located in Kent, Dover
carving, which goes fully around and includes two drawers on one side and two ''dummy'' drawers on the
Category

1830s Used Dummies

Beautiful Carved William IV Anglo-Indian Library Table
Located in Kent, Dover
carving, which goes fully around and includes two drawers on one side and two ''dummy'' drawers on the
Category

1830s Used Dummies

1960s Vintage Midcentury Sideboard
By Elliots of Newbury
Located in London, GB
one bank of drawers and one dummy drawer panel which is actually a sliding door, there is also a pull
Category

1960s English Mid-Century Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Regency Mahogany Sofa Table with Greek Key Design, ca. 1810
Located in Atlanta, GA
and 2 dummy drawers (identical front and back), over an unusual base consisting of four downswept
Category

19th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

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Used Dummies For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of used dummies available for sale. Each of these unique used dummies was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and animal skin. Used dummies have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Used dummies made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — are very popular at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made used dummies over the years, but those made by Arthur Quisto, Gucci and U.S. Government are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Used Dummies?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,675, while they’re typically $95 on the low end and $33,800 highest priced.
Questions About Used Dummies
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    No 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.