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Antique Regency Style Leather Top Drum Table
Located in London, GB
four drawers and four dummy drawers. The drawers are solid wood lined with fine hand cut dovetailed
Category

Mid-20th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Wood

Antique Burr Walnut Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in London, GB
useful cabinets and dummy drawers on the back. The burr walnut grain patterns are spectacular and this
Category

1950s British Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Stunning 19th Century Burr Walnut Pop Up Davenport Desk
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
should with four dummy drawers to the opposing side. The reverse is also finished allowing it to be free
Category

19th Century British Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Antique Burr Walnut Drop Leaf Side Tables
Located in London, GB
brass hairy paw casters. There is a single drawer on the fronts and the backs have a dummy drawer, so
Category

1930s British Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Antique Military Campaign Style Cabinet
Located in London, GB
. It is perfect for use as a low sideboard or tv cabinet. The front has dummy drawer fronts which open
Category

1930s British Campaign Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Antique Faded Mahogany Bureau on Stand
Located in Benington, Herts
reveal a very well fitted pigeon hole interior with shaped drawers, central door and sliding dummy
Category

Early 1900s English Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Elegant Antique French Poudreuse, c.1880
Located in Worcester, GB
Marquetry and crossbanding to the shaped gilt brass bound top. Dummy drawer to the apron with further inlay
Category

19th Century French Used Dummies

Materials

Kingwood, Walnut

Baker Furniture Stately Homes Adam Style Satinwood Inlaid Pembroke Games Table
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
chessboard revealing a sunken backgammon compartment, with two dummy drawers in the curved frieze on square
Category

1980s American Adam Style Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Fine Quality George III Inlaid Mahogany Freestanding Sofa Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
drop leaves, two drawers to the frieze with attractive original brass handles and two dummy drawers to
Category

19th Century English George III Used Dummies

Materials

Other

Antique Georgian Period Writing / Side Table
Located in London, GB
single drawer with brass handles on one side, with a dummy drawer on reverse; this looks identical on
Category

Early 1800s British George III Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Antique William IV Leather Top Writing Table / Desk
Located in London, GB
nicely turned handles. There is one central drawer, stamped with the makers mark, flanked by two dummy
Category

1830s British William IV Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Wood

Napoleon Kingwood Marble Free-Standing Writing Table Attributed to Sormani
By Paul Sormani
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
one side with dummy fronts on the other, all raised on cabriole legs, decorated in marquetry with
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1860s French Used Dummies

Materials

Kingwood

Antique French Leather Top Bureau Plat Desk
Located in London, GB
that come out on each side. There are fine quality gilt bronze mounts throughout, this has dummy
Category

1930s French Louis XV Used Dummies

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Gillows Style Rosewood Davenport
Located in New Orleans, LA
luxurious rosewood, this early 19th century desk features four real and four dummy drawers, smaller drawers
Category

19th Century European Edwardian Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Antique Regency Rosewood Baby Pembroke Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
top with carved edge above two frieze drawers opposed by two dummy drawers to reverse raised on
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Victorian Figured Walnut Davenport Writing Table, 19th Century
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
viewed from the front). 4 dummy drawers on the LHS. Old (but not original) patinated tooled leather
Category

1880s Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Burr Walnut Partners Desk
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
drawers in the front, and dummy drawers in the back, opening as a cupboard to reveal a single shelf. The
Category

Early 20th Century English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Walnut

19th Century Indian Ebonized Wood Cabinet with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay and Glass
Located in Yonkers, NY
, depicting exquisite arabesques of delicate foliage. The lower section is accented by dummy doors decorated
Category

19th Century Indian Used Dummies

Materials

Glass, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Antique Burr Walnut Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in London, GB
high quality intricate brass handles. The reverse side is also nicely finished with dummy drawers, so
Category

1890s British Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Wonderful Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport
Located in Benington, Herts
satin birch interior. The left hand side having four dummy drawers with the right being four working
Category

19th Century English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Walnut

17th Century Oak Housekeepers or Cloakroom Cupboard
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
the more modern addition of a wooden hanging rail, below the doors on the front there are three dummy
Category

17th Century English George III Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

1880s Portuguese Teak Library Table with Bobbin Leg Support and Three-Drawers
Located in Atlanta, GA
braided motifs and are made of raised panels with central brass escutcheon. Dummy drawers on the surround
Category

Late 19th Century Portuguese Baroque Revival Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian Partners Writing Table
Located in London, GB
are also beautifully turned. There are two generous drawers on the front, and the back has two dummy
Category

Mid-19th Century English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Wood

19th Century Oak Octagonal Parquetry Drum Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
locks on each of the four drawers that open. Four dummy drawers to match. The top rests on four
Category

19th Century Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

Rare Antique Victorian Quality Olive Wood Circular Drum Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
olive wood and inlaid circular top with four working drawers and four dummy drawers with original ornate
Category

1880s English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Olive

19th Century English George III Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
compartments. The top of the base section has three dummy drawers with three long drawers below. This item has
Category

Early 19th Century English Queen Anne Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Antique 18th Century Country Oak George III Welsh Dresser Plate Rack 1780
Located in Portland, OR
display plates or ? The base with three drawers along the top & below center are three dummy drawers
Category

1780s Welsh Country Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

20th Century French Shop Mannequin By Buste Girard, c.1920
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
French mannequin or Taylor's dummy dates from around the 1920s era and has a slack steel base with the
Category

20th Century French Used Dummies

Materials

Steel

Antique Regency Drop Leaf Table
Located in London, GB
of a small dining table. There is a single drawer on one side and a dummy drawer on the opposite side
Category

1820s British Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Antique Campaign Style Mahogany Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
with dummy drawers. The top has a hand colored leather writing surface this desk is finished on
Category

1920s English Campaign Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Two-Tune Musical Bracket Clock by Robert Manley, London
By Robert Manley
Located in Devon, GB
dummy pendulum aperture and the maker’s signature is on an inset disc between VIII and IIII. The back
Category

18th Century and Earlier English Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Campaign Style Mahogany Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
with dummy drawers. The top has a hand colored leather writing surface and this desk is finished on the
Category

1920s English Campaign Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Military Campaign Secretaire Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
writing surface has a dummy drawer front, which drops down and slides out. It is beautifully fitted out
Category

Mid-20th Century English Campaign Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Georgian Oak Country Tallboy Chest on Chest of Drawers
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
the locks are consequently untested (locks missing in two drawers, dummies in 4 drawers). Later
Category

18th Century Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

William IV 19th century shaped davenport desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
same manner as the exterior, 2 of which are dummy drawers. Top surface finished with a moulded gallery
Category

Mid-19th Century English William IV Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Wood

Pair of Antique Military Campaign Style Side Chests
Located in London, GB
head handles. They are a very useful size, and are finished on the backs with dummy drawers, so are
Category

Mid-20th Century English Campaign Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Antique Georgian Inlaid Server / Console Table
Located in London, GB
wonderful inlaid satin wood details around the edges, and a beautifully cross banded top. There are dummy
Category

Late 18th Century English George III Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

“Il était une petite pie" (There Was a Little Magpie) - Sheet II
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
This is one of eight proofs (dummies), which were used to print the “pochoirs” of the first illustrated
Category

1920s Surrealist Used Dummies

Materials

Paper, Gouache

“Il était une petite pie" (There Was a Little Magpie) - Sheet VII
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
This is one of eight proofs (dummies), which were used to print the “pochoirs” of the first illustrated
Category

1920s Surrealist Used Dummies

Materials

Paper, Gouache

“Il était une petite pie" (There Was a Little Magpie) - Sheet V
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
This is one of eight proofs (dummies), which were used to print the “pochoirs” of the first illustrated
Category

1920s Surrealist Used Dummies

Materials

Paper, Gouache

“Il était une petite pie" (There Was a Little Magpie) - Sheet III
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
This is one of eight proofs (dummies), which were used to print the “pochoirs” of the first illustrated
Category

1920s Surrealist Used Dummies

Materials

Paper, Gouache

“Il était une petite pie" (There Was a Little Magpie) - Sheet IV
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
This is one of eight proofs (dummies), which were used to print the “pochoirs” of the first illustrated
Category

1920s Surrealist Used Dummies

Materials

Paper, Gouache

“Il était une petite pie" (There Was a Little Magpie) - Sheet I
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
This is one of eight proofs (dummies), which were used to print the “pochoirs” of the first illustrated
Category

1920s Surrealist Used Dummies

Materials

Paper, Gouache

“Il était une petite pie" (There Was a Little Magpie) - Sheet II
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
This is one of eight proofs (dummies), which were used to print the “pochoirs” of the first illustrated
Category

1920s Surrealist Used Dummies

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Writing Table / Desk
Located in London, GB
finished with a dummy drawer, this looks identical front and back and can be used as a free standing item
Category

1840s British Early Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Antique Edwardian Leather Top Desk
Located in London, GB
, quite wide and not too deep from front to back. There are dummy drawers on the reverse, so this looks
Category

Early 1900s British Edwardian Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Wood

19th Century Victorian Walnut and Marquetry Davenport
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
the davenport has four drawers with a side locking action the other side it has dummy drawers. The
Category

Mid-19th Century English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Large Antique Swedish Satin Birch Desk
Located in London, GB
cupboards on the front of the pedestals which have sliding drawers inside. The back has polished dummy
Category

1880s Swedish Empire Used Dummies

Materials

Birch

French 18th Century Louis XVI Mahogany Gilt Bronze Neoclassical Bureau Plat
Located in Berlin, DE
drawers opposing three dummy drawers all with beaded gilt bronze banding. The right front drawer opens to
Category

Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Used Dummies

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Piano Davenport
Located in Richmond, Surrey
turned bun handles. The left hand side there are a four dummy drawers. Flanked by fluted turned columns
Category

19th Century English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Early 19th Century George IV Period Mahogany Buffet Server
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
. The reverse side includes dummy drawers with brass handles, making this server ideal as a centerpiece
Category

Early 19th Century British George IV Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Late 19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Folding Sofa Table
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
drawers to one side and two dummies to the other. Lovely clean lines and simple plain design
Category

Late 19th Century Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Large 18th Century Lancashire Oak Mule Chest, George III Dresser
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
five dummy drawers to the front at the top of the chest, and a further four large opening drawers below
Category

18th Century English William and Mary Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

Large Cherrywood Solid French Twin Pedestal Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
has dummy drawers, on the left side of the desk, there's also an extension that can be used for a 3rd
Category

20th Century British Used Dummies

Materials

Cherry

Antique William IV Drop Leaf Dining / Center Table
Located in London, GB
solid wood. There is a deep single drawer on one end, and a dummy drawer front on the opposite side. It
Category

1830s English William IV Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Antique Georgian Period Inlaid Display Case Table
Located in London, GB
below the top there are three dummy drawers, and beneath that there are six solid oak lined drawers. The
Category

Late 18th Century English Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Antique Regency C1825 Mahogany Sofa Table, 19th Century
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
period castors. Two large active oak lined drawers to one side and two dummies to the other. The
Category

1820s Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

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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.