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19th Century Victorian Walnut Davenport
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
slope, which opens to reveal satinwood interior with two drawers and two dummies.Gallery top which opens
Category

Late 19th Century English Used Dummies

French Tole Tulips Decoration, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Interesting French tole decoration bunch of tulips in a barrel, maybe a dummy board.
Category

1940s French Folk Art Used Dummies

Materials

Tôle

English Regency Style Faux Bamboo Desk
Located in Queens, NY
English Regency style faux bamboo painted desk with two side drawers centering a dummy drawer.
Category

20th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Faux Bamboo

Writing Table
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
A George III Sheraton period mahogany writing table; good model with dummy drawers on the reverse.
Category

Late 18th Century English Used Dummies

Mahogany Gillows Davenport
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in London, GB
of the bureau has two real and two dummy small drawers, one signed underneath R DIXON, one of the
Category

Early 19th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Fench Male Dress Mannequin
Located in New York, NY
An antique French male mannequin or dressmaker's dummy. Late 19th / Early 20th Century. All
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1890s French Used Dummies

Materials

Fabric, Plaster

Chanel N5 Huge Store Display Perfume Bottle Advertising, France, 20th Century
By Chanel
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Store display large perfume advertising. (factice / dummy perfume bottle, it's not perfume, it's
Category

Late 20th Century French Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Glass

19th Century Victorian Inlaid Walnut Davenport Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
which contains two dummy drawers with pigeon holes below. Domed top with fitted compartments and pen
Category

Mid-19th Century English Victorian Used Dummies

Chanel N5 Huge Store Display Perfume Bottle Advertising, France, 20th Century
By Chanel
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Store display large perfume advertising. (factice / dummy perfume bottle, it's not perfume, it's
Category

Late 20th Century French Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Glass

Chanel N5 Huge Store Display Perfume Bottle Advertising, France, 20th Century
By Chanel
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Store display large perfume advertising. (factice / dummy perfume bottle, it's not perfume, it's
Category

Late 20th Century French Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Glass

Carolina Herrera Eau de Parfum Factice Cologne Perfume Bottle Store Display
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Carolina Herrera designer fragrance factice or dummy bottle with an elegant modern art deco
Category

Late 20th Century Art Deco Used Dummies

Materials

Glass

Painted Danish Commode
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Early 19th century Danish painted four-drawer commode with a dummy drawer, 1820. Dimensions: 50
Category

19th Century Danish Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

Early 19th Century Desk/Bureau Plat D Epoque Regence
Located in San Francisco, CA
drawers with brass key plates, opposing dummy drawers, all on cabriolet legs trimmed with brass sabots.  
Category

1840s French Régence Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Hollywood Regency Console Table in the Style of Tommi Parzinger
By Tommi Parzinger, Dorothy Draper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
has two wide drawers on either side and the middle pull is a dummy.
Category

1960s American Hollywood Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Brass and Leather Desk by Mastercraft
By Mastercraft
Located in Miami, FL
other side has same design but dummy drawers. Signed with plaque inside a drawer.
Category

1970s American Used Dummies

Antique Victorian Leather Top Mahogany Writing Table or Desk
Located in London, GB
circa 1860s period. It’s superb quality with two drawers on the front & dummy drawers on the back, all
Category

19th Century English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Lovely Pair of 19th Century Flame Mahogany Bedside Cupboards
Located in Dublin, IE
single door decorated with four graduated dummy drawer panels with beautifully carved pulls opening to
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19th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Regency Period Mahogany Library Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
and dummy drawers to the frieze. Raised on out swept carved end supports, with a stretcher between
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19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

18th Century Mahogany Pembroke Table
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th century oval top mahogany pembroke table with a single oak lined drawer on one end and a dummy
Category

1790s English Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Regency Period Open Bookcase, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, Sussex
leather tooled top, dummy leather books to either side, open adjustable shelves on two sides and raised on
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Fine Louis XV Style Bureau Plat by Zweiner
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Brighton, Sussex
' Having an inset leather top, three frieze drawers with dummy drawers to the reverse side. Marquetry
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19th Century French Louis XV Used Dummies

Materials

Ormolu

French Inlaid Louis XVI Style Desk
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
and corresponding ‘dummy’ drawers to the reverse. Original leather top with considerable patina, but
Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Sheraton Style Leather and Faux Walnut Desk
Located in Queens, NY
& a center dummy drawer with eagle metal pulls over a brown leather top with gold stamped trim resting
Category

20th Century English Sheraton Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bureau Plate by Krieger
By Antoine Krieger
Located in Brighton, Sussex
frieze drawers, dummy drawers to the reverse and an inset leather top. Stamped: Kreiger Maison
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Used Dummies

Materials

Ormolu

Antique French Mahogany Fruitwood Tric Trac Multi Use Game Table
Located in Hopewell, NJ
around and has two drawers on each side. One drawer is a dummy.
Category

1940s French Used Dummies

Materials

Fruitwood, Mahogany

Leather Bounded Books With Dog Paperweight, 2
Located in Astoria, NY
greyhound and a dachshund bronze patina composite sculpture, one with "The dummy book company - Made in
Category

20th Century British Other Used Dummies

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Marquetry Vanity Desk / Coiffeuse / Table De Toilette
Located in London, Park Royal
. Sitting on four Straight fluted legs with bronze castings. divided in three compartments with dummy
Category

Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Used Dummies

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Louis XVI Style Parquetry Inlaid Side Table, 19th Century, after Linke
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, Sussex
inlay to the top, three frieze drawers with gilded ormolu mounts and handles, dummy drawers to the
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Spectacular and Rare Pair of George III Two-Tier Demilune Tables
Located in Hopewell, NJ
drawer on the bottom tier with two dummy drawers on either side, lovely inlay decoration on the drawer
Category

19th Century English George III Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Victorian Rosewood Work Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
two dummy drawers, the table stands on fluted stem on a platform base with bun feet.
Category

1860s European Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Large French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
drawers, dummy drawers to the reverse, raised on elegant cabriole legs terminating in scrolling ormolu
Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Used Dummies

19th Century French Kingwood Parquetry Bureau Plat Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
ornate handles. Oak lined drawers. Dummies to reverse which makes this desk freestanding. Ormolu
Category

Late 19th Century French French Provincial Used Dummies

Materials

Kingwood

20th Century English Edwardian Drum Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
drawers and four dummy drawers, with a turned stem below standing on four fluted legs raised on brass
Category

20th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

George III Mahogany Desk
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The rectangular top inset with a tooled leather, above two short drawers opposed by two dummy
Category

Late 18th Century English George III Used Dummies

Italian Inlaid Walnut Late Renaissance Period Prie-Dieu
Located in San Francisco, CA
-banded drawers and one additional dummy drawer, all above a well with a lid, resting on knob feet, circa
Category

Late 17th Century Italian Renaissance Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Rare Chippendale Mahogany Pembroke Table
Located in Kittery Point, ME
of foliate scrolls‚ the frieze with a single fretwork carved drawer and a dummy drawer on the other
Category

Late 18th Century English Chinese Chippendale Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique George III Quality Mahogany Bow Fronted Corner Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
fronted mahogany top above a mahogany undertier with a central drawer and two dummy drawers with satinwood
Category

19th Century English George III Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century French Bookcase
Located in Brighton, Sussex
, two frieze drawers and dummy drawers to the reverse side. An inset leather writing slide and two
Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Used Dummies

Materials

Ormolu

Large Mahogany Chippendale Style Partners Desk
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Brighton, Sussex
the reverse with dummy drawers. Wonderful carved lion head and classical scrolls to each corner, claw
Category

20th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Anglo Indian Rosewood End Support Library Table
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
, decorated with wide satinwood banding, the frieze with two drawers on one side and two dummy drawers on the
Category

1840s Indian Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Chanel N5 Huge Store Display Perfume Bottle Advertising, France, 20th Century
By Chanel
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
large perfume advertising. (factice / dummy perfume bottle, it's not perfume, it's colored water
Category

Late 20th Century French Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Glass

Antique Victorian Oak Mahogany Desk, Writing Table, English, Circa 1880
Located in Richmond, Surrey
Victorian desk, writing table. Made up of one large single central draw, and two dummy drawers either side
Category

1880s British Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany, Oak

Fine Large Size 19th Century Partners Desk
Located in Dublin, IE
tooled leather writing skiver surface raised over frieze with three drawers to the fore and with dummy
Category

19th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

George III Mahogany and Leather Pembroke Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
and opposing dummy false drawer. Features 3 cordovan leather surfaces with gold tooled leather borders
Category

19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Chestnut Farmhouse Table
Located in Eindhoven, NL
to get more leg room. As a result, the drawers on the end faces are dummies. There is one small
Category

1820s French Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Portuguese Carved Library Tables by John Richard
By John Richard
Located in Rio Vista, CA
distressed look with chic lacquer and brass hardware. Each desk is fronted by one large drawer and dummy
Category

20th Century American Baroque Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

French Ormolu-Mounted Louis XV Style Tulipwood Parquetry Bureau Plat
Located in New York, NY
lined short drawers, the reverse with similar dummy drawers, on foliate-clasp cabriole legs terminating
Category

19th Century French Louis XV Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Tulipwood, Brocade

Chanel N5 Huge Store Perfume Bottle Advertising, France
By Chanel
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
factrice dummy display bottle this is a huge bottle, very rare in this size. Made in France bottle is in
Category

1990s French Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Glass

19th Century Regency Rosewood Table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
example. Striking rosewood veneers. Two drawers to the front, dummy to the reverse. Standing on carved
Category

Early 19th Century European Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Luxurious French Louis XVI Bronze Mounted Desk with Leather Top
Located in Hopewell, NJ
drawers opposing three dummy drawers, all with beaded gilt bronze banding. The classically lovely tapering
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Used Dummies

Materials

Bronze

Regency Davenport
Located in Cheshire, GB
surface pulling forward above twin slides having four short and four conforming dummy drawers and brush-in
Category

19th Century English George IV Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Chanel N5 Huge Store Display Perfume Bottle Advertising, France, 20th Century
By Chanel
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Store display large perfume advertising. (factice / dummy perfume bottle, it's not perfume, it's
Category

Late 20th Century French Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Glass

19th Century English Victorian Mahogany Rent Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
with gold and blind tooling, above two long drawers, two short drawers and four dummy drawers. The
Category

Mid-19th Century English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

American 1944 WWII Wooden Artillery Navy Training Drill Round
Located in Haarlem, NL
, and balanced to duplicate the real thing. The base is vaguely marked: 3" DUMMY CARTRIDGE MK 6/50 CAL
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Used Dummies

Materials

Iron

English Regency Style Mahogany Writing Table with Gilt-Tooled Leather Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
top. The front has 3 functioning drawers and the back has 3 matching dummy drawers. The piece is
Category

Late 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Vintage Half Moon Mahogany Cabinet
Located in Miami, FL
half moon cabinet. The piece with one real and two dummy cupboard doors, supported on short square
Category

20th Century American Sheraton Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Art Deco 1930s Birch Inlaid Pedestal Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
escutcheons. inlay on the sides. Drawers open on the key. Dummy drawers to reverse. Some marking and
Category

Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Used Dummies

Materials

Birch

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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.