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Julian Trevelyan, Trafalgar Square, etching and aquatint
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in London, GB
a dummy army whilst real tanks were disguised as more harmless equipment. In the desert nothing
Category

1960s Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Pair of Regency Sofa Tables
Located in Brighton, Sussex
, boxwood stringing and brass inlay. Two mahogany lined drawers to one side, dummy drawers to the reverse
Category

1820s English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Antique Regency period rosewood drum table
Located in London, GB
throughout, having gilt-tooled dark blue leather circular top above 4 opening & 4 dummy drawers, supported on
Category

19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Tall Italian Cabinet w/ Photography Print Front Doors
Located in North Miami, FL
. NOTE: the lock is not working and has a dummy key for opening and closing. Normal signs of cracks and
Category

1950s Italian Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Julian Trevelyan, Windsor, etching and aquatint
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in London, GB
a dummy army whilst real tanks were disguised as more harmless equipment. In the desert nothing
Category

1960s Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Julian Trevelyan, Tower Bridge, etching and aquatint
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in London, GB
a dummy army whilst real tanks were disguised as more harmless equipment. In the desert nothing
Category

1960s Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Julian Trevelyan, Westminster, Etching and Aquatint
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in London, GB
resources against a dummy army whilst real tanks were disguised as more harmless equipment. In the desert
Category

1960s Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Fine Pair Regency Mahogany Satinwood-Inlaid Sofa Tables
Located in Lymington, GB
boxwood lines with rosewood crossbandings. Cedar-lined working drawers with dummy fronts to the reverse
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Hepplewhite Satinwood Serpentine Pembroke Table
Located in Castle Douglas, GB
axehead handles and mahogany lining. A dummy drawer to the other side. Elegant square tapering legs and
Category

Late 18th Century Used Dummies

Materials

Satinwood

Regency Rosewood Writing Table in the Style of Gillows, UK, 1815
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Seaford, GB
. The table is equipped with four drawers, two of which are dummy drawers, contributing to its
Category

Early 19th Century British Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Regency Period ormolu mounted, Library Table, circa 1820 36"(92cm) wide
Located in Brighton, Sussex
frieze drawers, dummy drawers to the reverse, ormolu mounts to each corner, ormolu mounted scrolls above
Category

1820s English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Ormolu

Antique 19th Century Victorian Quality Walnut Freestanding Davenport
Located in Suffolk, GB
dummy drawers to the left hand side, original brass handles, turned tapering supports and raised on
Category

19th Century English Late Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Luminator Barcellona floorlamp by Luciano Baldessari for Luceplan
By Luciano Baldessari, Lucepan
Located in Münster, DE
pavilion at the EXPO Barcelona 1929. The design, originally abstracted from a tailor's dummy, was produced
Category

1970s Italian Post-Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Metal, Stainless Steel, Chrome

A good matched pair of late Regency sofa tables, attributed to Trotter
By William Trotter
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
dummy drawers, the pedestal ends with fielded panels joined by a bobbin and spindle turned stretchers
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

French, Painted, Leather Top Desk Circa 1920
Located in Southampton, GB
Pretty, French Painted Desk with Leather Top. One long dummy drawer to centre, with two working
Category

1920s French Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

19th C Louis XV Style Coiffeuse or Table de Toilette
Located in Miami, FL
hingeing outwards to reveal box sections. The face with one drawer on the right and one dummy drawer front
Category

Late 19th Century French French Provincial Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
drawers. One side is fitted with four graduated drawers, the opposite side with matching dummy fronts for
Category

19th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

French Mahogany Desk, circa 1850
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Above five drawers, the reverse side with dummy drawers raised on columnar legs with acanthus cast
Category

19th Century French Empire Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

French Mahogany Desk, circa 1850
French Mahogany Desk, circa 1850
$8,640 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XVI Style Cylinder Secretary In Marquetry And Gilt Bronze
Located in BARSAC, FR
drawers (the lower ones are dummy). Three exterior belt drawers. Plating at the back. French work from the
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Used Dummies

Materials

Carrara Marble, Bronze

Louis XVI style Bureau plat, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
panels to the four sides. Three frieze drawers, dummy drawers to the reverse. Raised on square tapering
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XV Tulipwood and Kingwood Bureau Plat
By Edward Holmes Baldock
Located in Miami, US
and dummy drawers on the opposite, enhancing its symmetry and visual appeal. The piece stands
Category

Mid-18th Century English Louis XV Used Dummies

Materials

Bronze

Calamander Inlaid Mahogany Sofa Table by William Wilkinson, London, circa 1820
By William Wilkinson
Located in Kinderhook, NY
calamander inlay to edges, drawer-fronts, reverse 'dummy' drawer frieze, legs, and turned stretcher bar on
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Taxidermy Wall Decoration Collection of 3 Butterflies, Spain, 1950s
Located in Grythyttan, SE
collection features three beautiful specimens. The bodies antennas are switched to paper dummys, but the
Category

1950s Spanish Used Dummies

Materials

Glass, Wood

18th Century Mahogany Oval Pembroke Table
Located in London, GB
mitred oval top, centred by oval satinwood panels to centre and flaps, above dummy frieze drawers
Category

Late 18th Century British Sheraton Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Victorian Quality Inlaid Rosewood Freestanding Davenport Desk
Located in Ipswich, GB
rosewood opening to reveal a fitter interior, four drawers to the right hand side, four dummy drawers to
Category

19th Century Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Paul Sormani, Square Card Table, Mahogany, Bronze, 1880s, Christies London Prov.
By Paul Sormani
Located in Manhasset, NY
stamped Made by P Sormani Pairs, For Geo A Glaezer & CO NY. . The reverse with a conforming dummy frieze
Category

Early 1900s French Louis XV Used Dummies

Materials

Bronze

Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Sofa Table (United Kingdom
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

Antique Louis Revival Ormolu Mounted Bureau Plat Desk 19th Century
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

19th Century Burr Walnut Davenport
Located in Martlesham, GB
which are dummy drawers, also on top there is a hinged lift up lid which opens up to reveal partitions
Category

1860s British Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Lovely Pair of 19th Century Bedside Cupboards
Located in Dublin, IE
decorated with four graduated dummy drawer panels with turned pulls opening to reveal shelved interior
Category

19th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Napoleonic French Empire Parcel-Gilt Mahogany Wine Cabinet Armoire 1810
Located in Portland, OR
dummy drawer and fall-front, the door is flanked with a pair of Corinthian gilded gesso capitals
Category

1810s French Empire Used Dummies

Materials

Bronze

Anglo Indian teak davenport
Located in Martlesham, GB
green inset tooled leather which lifts up to reveal a storage well and two small drawers and a dummy
Category

1960s Indian Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Teak

Antique Chippendale Revival Desk by Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in London, GB
knees, terminating in claw and ball feet with brass casters. This has a polished back with two dummy
Category

1890s British Chippendale Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Early 19th Century Regency Period Rosewood Writing Table
Located in London, GB
leather top, above beaded frieze with 2 real & 2 dummy drawers raised on end-supports with platform bases
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Antique Regency Quality Mahogany Pembroke Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
and a molded edge above one working drawer and a dummy drawer with original turned mahogany knobs. It
Category

19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Other

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Inlaid Davenport Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
useful drawers on one side and dummy drawers on the other, making it not just a symbol of refinement but
Category

1870s Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Fine 19th Century Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in London, GB
A very fine early nineteenth century mahogany chest of drawers, the top four drawers dummy with
Category

Early 19th Century Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique early 19th Century inlaid mahogany demi-lune console table
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
two dummy side drawers, it is solid with no loose joints and no evidence of woodworm. The inclusion of
Category

Early 19th Century Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

A Stunning Early 19th Century William IV Lamp or Side or Centre Table
Located in Dublin, IE
escutcheon which opens to reveal lined interior and is fitted with a single dummy drawer verso. Supported on
Category

Early 19th Century English William IV Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Inlaid Freestanding Davenport
Located in Suffolk, GB
opening to reveal two dummy drawers and two opening drawers. It boasts a wonderful polished walnut
Category

19th Century English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

A group of five example of wooden articulated dummie’s hands. Italy, 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
A group of five samples of articulated hands for dummies, made in various types of wood: national
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Used Dummies

Materials

Brass, Iron

Watercolor of Nantucket Railroad, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940
By Doris Beer
Located in Nantucket, MA
paper view of the Nantucket narrow gauge "Dummy Line" railroad on the Easy Street trestles, as it would
Category

1940s American Folk Art Used Dummies

Materials

Paper

Antique Georgian Rosewood Writing Box by William Chrisp
Located in Northampton, GB
in firmly. This will activate the spring loaded dummy front to access the three secret pull out
Category

1820s English George IV Used Dummies

Materials

Silver, Brass

Antique Queen Anne Double Dome Burr Walnut Bureau Bookcase 18th Century
Located in London, GB
there are two short drawers which are located to either side of a dummy drawer. Below these there are
Category

1720s Queen Anne Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Fine Quality Antique Carved Oak Writing Table - 19th Century Desk Side Dressing
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
wonderful twist stretchers and uprights. Finished on both sides, with dummy drawers on the back, it can be
Category

19th Century Used Dummies

Materials

Wood, Oak

Fine Quality Antique Regency Brass Inlaid Rosewood Freestanding Sofa/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
and a dummy drawer to the back with a pretty brass beaded edge and unusual original brass star handles
Category

19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Brass, Other

Superb Quality Antique Regency Freestanding Mahogany Sewing/Side Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
cross banded top with two drop leaves above two drawers and two dummy drawers with brass handles
Category

19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Other

19th Century French Mahogany Bureau Plat, After Henry Dasson
By Henry Dasson
Located in Brighton, Sussex
ormolu ring drop handles, ormolu moldings to the whole and dummy drawers to the reverse side. Raised on
Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Dummyboard, Folk Art from Sweden
Located in Brecht, BE
Found in Sweden, this lifesize dummy board is a unique and quirky object, contemporary art to me.
Category

Mid-19th Century Swedish Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Antique Ormolu Mounted French Empire Revival Pedestal Desk 20th Century
Located in London, GB
three dummy drawers along the frieze and a central modesty panel. It is raised on elegant square
Category

1920s French Empire Revival Used Dummies

Materials

Ormolu

Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Writing Table Desk - C. 1870
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
sliding freely) and four dummy drawers on the LHS. Rest assured, there are no loose joints or woodworm
Category

19th Century British Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Antique very fine quality small 19th Century mahogany writing side table desk
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
, character and charm. There is a drawer to the front that slides freely and a dummy drawer to the rear
Category

19th Century Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

George IV Burr Oak Sofa Table
Located in London, GB
dummy drawer to each side.
Category

Mid-19th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

Antique Victorian Flame Mahogany Partners Pedestal Desk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
this side are modelled with three dummy drawers. The drawers are all oak lined and the pedestals are
Category

1880s English Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Small Antique George III Mahogany Pedestal Desk
Located in London, GB
molded edged top above various graduated drawers (with dummy drawers to the rear), retaining original
Category

19th Century Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Mahogany Davenport Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Folkestone, GB
. Below are pull-out slides on either side and five graduated cedar-lined drawers on one side and dummy
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Very Fine Gilt Bronze Mounted Tulipwood and Amaranth Desk by L. Cueunieres
Located in Madrid, ES
and three conforming dummy drawers to the reverse, on fluted square tapering legs and toupie feet
Category

1880s Used Dummies

Materials

Fruitwood

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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.