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Antique Flame Mahogany Writing Table Desk 19th Century Revival, C1920
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
dummies to the other. Would look great in the right location! A charming, characterful piece. Simple
Category

1920s Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Mahogany Regency Style Sofa Table
Located in London, GB
. There are original brass handles on the front drawers and also on the back dummy drawers. The working
Category

1910s English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique French Inlaid Marble-Top Secretaire Commode
Located in London, GB
writing compartment within the dummy top drawer. I’ve never come across a shaped commode like this with a
Category

19th Century French Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Marble

Large Antique Military Campaign Drum Table
Located in London, GB
four working drawers with locks & four dummy drawers. We obtained two of these tables from a famous
Category

1820s British Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Wood

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

1790s British George III Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Wood

Antique Victorian Walnut Leather Top Partners Desk
Located in London, GB
cabinets. The central drawer on the back side is a dummy drawer. We have had this recently re-polished
Category

1880s British Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Beautiful Edwardian Large Leather Top Writing Desk
Located in Crawley, GB
condition , with two drawers and two dummy drowers on the rear side . Don't hesitate to contact me if you
Category

Early 20th Century British Edwardian Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Exceptional Ormolu-Mounted Centre Table Firmly Attributed to Holland Sons
By Holland Sons
Located in London, GB
(ram head) motif. The reverse has two dummy drawers and repeated motifs, and the sides have foliate
Category

Mid-19th Century English Louis XVI Used Dummies

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

Late Louis XVI Mahogany Occasional Table or Chevet
Located in London, GB
The inset white marble top with pierced brass gallery above a run of three dummy drawers opening to
Category

18th Century and Earlier French Neoclassical Used Dummies

Antique Victorian Walnut Pop Up Davenport Desk c.1860
Located in London, GB
one side, and dummy drawers on the other, making it not just a symbol of refinement but a practical
Category

Used Dummies

Impressive 1930s Scottish Handmade Builder s Model of the Clan Forbes
Located in Richmond, VA
submarine depot ship HMS Maidstone, having been fitted with a dummy funnel.  
Category

Early 20th Century Scottish Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

German Weimar Republic Expressionist Art Deco Danse Macabre painting wild party
Located in Norwich, GB
a raucous, ghostly ball featuring skeletons, trapeze artists, dummies, dancers, drinkers and some
Category

1930s Expressionist Used Dummies

Materials

Wood, Oil

Antique Mahogany Military Campaign Partners Desk
Located in London, GB
had one being a double filing drawer. All the drawers or dummy drawers have inset brass military
Category

1950s English Campaign Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Antique French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat Writing Table Desk
Located in London, GB
, including on the feet. This desk is freestanding so looks the same back and front, because it has dummy
Category

1950s French Louis XVI Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany, Rosewood, Walnut

19th Century Dutch Marquetry Bureau Abattant Secretaire Desk
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
, clockwise to open and a double lock). 6 functioning drawers inside the secretaire (the bottom 3 are dummies
Category

19th Century Dutch Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Antique Victorian Mahogany Twin Pedestal Desk Edwards Roberts
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
only. There are no locks in the bottom 4 drawers (dummy key holes). No woodworm. The mahogany
Category

1890s Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Large French 18th Century Louis XVI Marquetry Commode or Chest of Drawers
Located in Berlin, DE
like one frieze drawer with a dummy centered keyhole. The circular handles in shape of a ring within a
Category

1780s French Louis XVI Used Dummies

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Early 20th century Creepy Glass Eyed English puppet head.
Located in London, GB
-20th century articulated English ventriloquist dummy’s head. Made from a composite material and secured
Category

Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Paper

Antique Georgian Period Mahogany Bookcase
Located in London, GB
side are dummy drawers, which is in fact a cupboard with one shelf in the middle. The handles are
Category

1790s British Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany, Wood

Laurie Simmons "Jimmy Gone Fishin"
By Laurie Simmons
Located in Toronto, Ontario
. Since the mid-70s, Simmons has created elaborate scenes with dolls, ventriloquist dummies, mannequins
Category

1990s Post-Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Color

Antique Irish William IV Period Davenport
Located in London, GB
additional storage space. There are dummy drawers on one side, the other side has a full bank of drawers
Category

Mid-19th Century Irish William IV Used Dummies

Materials

Wood, Leather

Beautiful Yew Wood And Brass Military Campaign Coffee Table
Located in Crawley, GB
Military Campaign three drawer coffee table. Opposite side having 'dummy' similar military style drawer
Category

Mid-20th Century British Campaign Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Early 19th Century English Georgian Oak Dresser
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
, the piece includes three lower dummy drawers, which have been cleverly converted into a cupboard door
Category

Early 19th Century British Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

English George III Chest of Unusual Form in Historic Paint, circa 1780
Located in Kinderhook, NY
, as opposed to a 'fine' dovetail, and the keyhole escutcheons are blind, one drawer having a 'dummy
Category

Late 18th Century English George III Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Extremely Fine and Rare Early George III Mahogany Supper Table Plausibly by t
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
box and banded in tulip. The reverse is decorated in much the same fashion with a dummy drawer
Category

Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany, Tulipwood

Antique Burr Walnut Brown Leather Serpentine Fronted Double Sided Partner Desk
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
rear, with dummy drawers above so it looks similar from both seating positions. The top has an inverted
Category

20th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Walnut

19th Century Regency Period Mahogany Davenport
Located in New Orleans, LA
four real drawers, which are balanced by four dummy drawers on its opposite side. The leather
Category

19th Century European Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

19th Century Antique Davenport, Victorian Walnut Desk, circa 1870
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
brass drop handles and are accessed from the right hand side of the cabinet whilst 'dummy' fronts to the
Category

19th Century British Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Antique George III Flame Mahogany Drum Table, circa 1800
Located in London, GB
beautiful gold tooled green leather inset top and is fitted with four drawers and four dummy drawers that
Category

Early 19th Century English George III Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Regency Rosewood Free Standing End Support Writing Table, by Gillows
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
rectangular top with a brass gallery above two frieze drawers on one side and two dummy drawers on the other
Category

1810s English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Vintage Georgian Revival Flame Mahogany Pedestal Desk 20th Century
Located in London, GB
a drawer above a double depth filing drawer. The other side has dummy drawers in the frieze. There
Category

Mid-20th Century Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Remarkable Hexagonal Library Table
By Thomas Henry Filmer
Located in Greenwich, CT
gilt tooled Morocco leather top over three working and three dummy drawers with ripple moldings, the
Category

1840s English Early Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

Louis XV Dressing Table, Attributed to Pierre Roussel
Located in Berlin, DE
which are fitted with compartments. There is also one dummy drawer and a small, leather covered pull-out
Category

Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Used Dummies

Georgian Mahogany 18th Century Pembroke Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
retaining Superb untouched color and patina over one frieze Drawer opposed by dummy drawer with original
Category

Mid-18th Century English Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Louis Revival Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk Writing Table 19th C
Located in London, GB
inset gold tooled green leather writing surface, above three frieze drawers on one side and dummy
Category

1860s French Used Dummies

Materials

Ormolu

Regency Rosewood Games Table Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
drawer on one side and a dummy on the other with six-point star handles and anthemion lock escutcheons
Category

1810s British Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Sofa Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
flap top bearing crossbanded decoration, over two drawers to frieze opposed by dummy drawers to reverse
Category

Late 18th Century English Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Régence Napoleon III Ebonized Desk/Bureau Plat Stamped Gros/Paris
By Benjamin Gros
Located in Berlin, DE
decoration; the back with corresponding frieze decoration and dummy drawer fronts, the sides with gilt bronze
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XV Used Dummies

Materials

Bronze

Antique Flame Mahogany Partners Pedestal Desk George III Revival 19th Century
Located in London, GB
with dummy drawers on the rear. The desk has three graduated drawers in each pedestal on the front side
Category

1870s English George III Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Antique Victorian Flame Mahogany Writing Table Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
. It has three drawers on one side and dummy drawers on the other. They are solid oak lined, have hand
Category

1860s English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Edwardian Little Tommy Tucker, Lieutenant Walter Cole Ventriloquist Puppet Doll
Located in Lowestoft, GB
account of the families archive. A papier mâché and painted small boy ventriloquist dummy made by
Category

Early 1900s English Edwardian Used Dummies

Materials

Blown Glass, Softwood, Paper

Antique George IV Flame Mahogany Library Drum Table 19th Century
Located in London, GB
with four dummy drawers, all fitted with elegant lion's head brass handles. It is raised on a ring
Category

Early 19th Century Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Lluvia De Toros - Original Etching by F. Goya - 1815/19
By Francisco Goya
Located in Roma, IT
title of “Disparate of dummies or of bulls”, this wonderful printing represents some bulls flying or a
Category

1810s Used Dummies

Materials

Etching

Antique Edwardian Mahogany Drum Occasional Table, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
with four dummy drawers and they are fitted with pretty brass handles. It stands on a central column
Category

Early 1900s British Used Dummies

Antique Flame Mahogany Partners Pedestal Desk George III Revival 19th Century
Located in London, GB
front with dummy drawers on the rear. The desk has three graduated drawers in each pedestal on the front
Category

1870s English George III Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Antique English Regency Rosewood Slide Top Davenport Desk
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Glasgow, GB
slide and four dummy drawers to the opposing side, with original turned knobs, brass keyhole liners and
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Antique French Louis Revival Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
superb inset gold tooled green leather writing surface, above three frieze drawers on one side and dummy
Category

1880s French Used Dummies

Materials

Ormolu

Antique French Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk 19th C
Located in London, GB
gold tooled black leather writing surface, above three frieze drawers on one side and dummy drawers on
Category

1860s French Used Dummies

Materials

Ormolu

Untitled (Woman s Head)
By Laurie Simmons
Located in Toronto, Ontario
dummies, mannequins, and occasionally people, to create images that reference (and often subvert) domestic
Category

1970s Conceptual Used Dummies

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Antique French Ormolu-Mounted Parquetry Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
on one side and three dummy drawers on the other. It is raised on four elegant cabriole legs applied
Category

1880s French Used Dummies

Materials

Ormolu

A Victorian Walnut Davenport Desk By Wilkinson Son, London
By Thomas Wilkinson Sons
Located in London, GB
, enclosing a large storage compartment with two drawers and two dummy fronts. A flat, galleried area above is
Category

1830s English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Early 19th Century English Regency Octagonal Drum Table with Tooled Leather Top
Located in Chicago, IL
, this piece is fitted with eight drawers, four of which are functional while the other four are "dummy
Category

Early 19th Century British George IV Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Georgian Satinwood Apothecary Box
Located in Northampton, GB
crossbanding and Boxwood edging finished with two bone escutcheons, one a dummy to finish exterior symmetry of
Category

Late 18th Century British George III Used Dummies

Materials

Glass, Wood, Boxwood, Satinwood

LOVELY BEVAN FUNNELL ViNTAGE PEDESTAL DESK WITH HUNTER GREEN LEATHER
By Bevan Funnell Ltd.
Located in Pulborough, GB
PICTURE. THEY ARE DUMMY DRAWERS. Measurements Height - 76 cm Width - 138 cm Depth - 69 cm Kneehole
Category

20th Century British Used Dummies

Materials

Leather

Antique French Louis Revival Kingwood Ormolu Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
a gold tooled green leather inset writing surface, above three frieze drawers on one side and dummy
Category

1880s French Used Dummies

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Collectors Cabinet, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
fitted with two banks of twelve small drawers. The base section with arched panelled dummy front doors
Category

1860s English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Marble

Nurtured Expectations, Texas artist, Impression, Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
figuratives that Jacob has rendered in oil on canvas and Plexiglas or worn only by the dressmakers' dummies
Category

2010s American Impressionist Used Dummies

Materials

Oil

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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.
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  • 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.