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The Knave of Hearts: List of Characters
By Maxfield Parrish
Located in Fort Washington, PA
not be given until the costs were estimated. Parrish prepared an elaborate dummy or mock-up of the
Category

1920s Used Dummies

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique William IV Drop-Leaf Work Occasional Table Flame Mahogany, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
two cock-beaded drawers to one side and corresponding dummy drawers to the other. The upper drawer
Category

1830s English William IV Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Louis XV Style Parquetry Inlaid Writing-Table by François Linke, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
gilt bronze banded serpentine crossbanded top, above a single frieze drawer, and a dummy drawer to the
Category

Late 19th Century French Louis XV Used Dummies

Materials

Bronze

Regence Style Trellis Parquetry Bureau Plat by François Linke, circa 1890
By François Linke
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
three dummy drawers to the reverse, all with foliate-cast frame and handles. The sides of the desk are
Category

Late 19th Century French Régence Used Dummies

Materials

Bronze

Pierre Le-Tan Trompe l Oeil Dummy Board
By Pierre Le-Tan
Located in New York, NY
A "dummy board" painted in grisaille by the Paris artist Pierre Le-Tan that represents an ancient
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Federal Style Mahogany Chest of Drawers with Lift Top
Located in Queens, NY
American Federal style 19th century mahogany chest of drawers with 2 lower drawers above dummy
Category

19th Century American Federal Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

French Tole Flowers Bunch Decoration, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Interesting French tole decoration bunch of flowers in a basket, maybe a dummy board.
Category

1940s French Folk Art Used Dummies

Materials

Tôle

Display-Dummy, 21st century, contemporary, photography
By Sylvie Blum
Located in München, BY
A nude female model with very white skin and no hair is posing like a sculpture. As a woman and an artist, Austrian-born Sylvie Blum offers a unique perspective on the female form. ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Used Dummies

Materials

Archival Pigment

Dressmaker s Dummies
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Set of five, vintage Stockman dressmaker's dummies, on original metal stand on wheels. Cardboard
Category

Late 20th Century Used Dummies

Vintage Dressmakers Dummy
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
An unusual dressmaker's dummy in original fabric and stand.
Category

19th Century French Used Dummies

French Dressmakers Dummy
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A male and Female Dressmakers Dummy. stamped by the maker. Adjustable heights. sold separately. c
Category

Early 20th Century French Used Dummies

Four French Taylors Dummies
Located in London, GB
Four French taylors dummies circa 1900, sizes vary
Category

Early 20th Century French Used Dummies

Well Painted Dummy Boards
Located in Derbyshire, GB
Rare actual pair of well painted standing dummy boards
Category

Mid-19th Century Used Dummies

Antique European Fencing Dummy
Located in Nashville, TN
Early 20th century unusual life size hand made European fencing dummy. Comes complete with mask
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Used Dummies

Materials

Foil

English Tapestry Dummy Board
Located in Stamford, CT
An English 18th century "dummy board" or fire screen made from an earlier 17th century Flemish
Category

18th Century and Earlier Used Dummies

Untitled Dummy/Beach 1
By Laurie Simmons
Located in San Francisco, CA
Simmons has had major exhibitions including a critically acclaimed retrospective at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1997, followed by an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New Yo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Used Dummies

Materials

C Print

Cleo Dressmaker Dummy, Paris, 1920
By Jean Patou
Located in Couzon au Mont d Or, FR
A very cute and original dressmaker's dummy model Cléo Paris Opéra périod of Jean Patouy with a
Category

1920s French Art Deco Used Dummies

Pair of 19th Century English Dummy Boards
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Charming pair of 19th century or earlier dummy boards each with an area for weights in the back
Category

19th Century British Used Dummies

Materials

Iron

Vintage 1992 MOSCHINO Stockman Dressmaker Dummy Drape Dress
By Moschino, Moschino Cheap and Chic
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage 1992 MOSCHINO Stockman Dressmaker Dummy Drape Dress Measurements taken laid flat, double
Category

1990s Italian Used Dummies

Antique Decorative Boxing or Wrestling Dummy Original Gym Equipment, 1930s
Located in Appeltern, Gelderland
Super rare to find a vintage brown leather boxing dummy from the 1930s with very nice patina and
Category

1930s Dutch Art Deco Used Dummies

Materials

Leather

Late Victorian Dressmakers Dummy Mannequin in Original Black Silk Material
Located in London, GB
Original condition dummy in ebonized wood finials and black silk finish on body on tripod base
Category

1880s French Late Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Silk

Small Regency Sofa Table in Mahogany
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
end, moulded top, single drawer to frieze and dummy drawer to opposite side with original, brass
Category

Early 19th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Exceptional Regency Sofa Table in Rosewood
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
inlaid drop leaf top above 2 cockbeaded drawers and 2 dummy drawers to opposite side fitted with turned
Category

1820s English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Antique Specimen Occasional Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
decorative brass gallery to the edge above moulded, oak lined drawer and two dummy drawers, all fitted with
Category

Late 19th Century Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

F/W 1999 Maison Martin Margiela ‘Stretched’ Elbow Knit
By Maison Martin Margiela
Located in London, GB
oversize sweater on a huge test dummy. They made only 1,000 sweaters.”
Category

1990s Belgian Used Dummies

REMINGTON
By W Stanley Proctor
Located in Tallahassee, FL
Has been in artist's private collection. Maquette hunting dog with training dummy.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Used Dummies

Materials

Bronze

Unusual William IV Work and Writing Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn582A Excellent and very unusual William IV sewing table in rosewood, having 3 dummy drawers to
Category

1830s English William IV Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Regency Rosewood Library Table
Located in Belfast, IE
containing 2 deep drawers at either end on the front side with a concealed drawer in the centre & dummies to
Category

Early 19th Century British Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

George III Satinwood Pembroke Table
Located in Kettering, GB
above a single end drawer with a dummy drawer on the opposing side, raised on gently tapering square
Category

18th Century British Used Dummies

Materials

Satinwood

English Mahogany Cocktail Cabinet Drinks Bar
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
paneled dummy drawer doors enclosed storage and brush slide above matched paneled dummy drawer door and
Category

20th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Chippendale mahogany Pembroke table.
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Belfast, IE
figured veneers with rounded corners & thumb moulded edge. The base with frieze drawer and dummy to
Category

Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

A George III Chippendale Period Writing Desk
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Dublin, GB
dummy drawers and a central panel. English, Circa 1760 Width: 53inches, 135cm Height: 29.5inches
Category

1760s English George III Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Antique Period Regency Inlaid Mahogany Sofa Table
Located in Antrim, GB
Superb Inlaid Mahogany Regency Antique Period sofa table Two Full Length Drawers To Front. {Dummy
Category

1820s European Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Georgian Mahogany Writing Table
Located in Froxfield, Wiltshire
A Georgian mahogany writing table with three drawers to the front; three dummy drawers opposite as
Category

1780s English George III Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

George III Mahogany Library Table
Located in Towcester, Northamptonshire
lined drawers and opposing dummy drawers, flanked by further dummy drawers on the sides, raised on
Category

Early 18th Century British George III Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

William IV Rosewood Library Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
leather with minor signs of usage and crossbanded edge above two mahogany lined drawers and two dummy
Category

Early 19th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Regency Pembroke Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
inlaid drawer / 2 dummy drawers to opposite side, all fitted with turned handles, raise on elegant turned
Category

1820s British Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Irish Regency Mahogany Drum Table in the Manner of Williams Gibton
By Williams Gibton
Located in Belfast, IE
with opposing dummy drawer fronts. The drawers with circular Bramah style escutcheons. The well
Category

Early 19th Century Irish Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Fine Antique Victorian Mahogany Davenport with Pop-Up Stationery Compartment
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Tonbridge, Kent
knobs, balanced by dummy drawers on the right to maintain symmetry—a classic Davenport design choice
Category

Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Floral Painted Blanket Box
Located in Wilson, NC
simulated drawers on the front are dummies. The painting is later.  
Category

1880s English Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

English Late Regency Period Davenport Desk
Located in Sheffield, MA
working drawers and two dummy drawers, the whole sliding forward to form a desk; the base paneled to the
Category

19th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany, Leather

Rosewood Chest of Drawers
By Robert Heritage
Located in Arundel, GB
of the British Design Council. Consisting of three drawers with detailing having a dummy handle
Category

1950s English Mid-Century Modern Used Dummies

Materials

Chrome

Unusual Regency Period Rosewood End- Support Writing Table
Located in South Croydon, GB
dummies on the reverse and a banded top with a green hand dyed leather inset writing surface (replacement
Category

Early 19th Century British Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

19th Century Regency Mahogany Pembroke Table
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
Extremely elegant mahogany Regency table. This 1820s table has on one side a draw and one dummy
Category

1820s English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

19thC drop flap mahogany table chest of drawers
Located in Salisbury, GB
Early 19th century drop flap mahogany table chest of four drawers. Dummy drawers to the back
Category

Early 19th Century Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

French Antique Carved Oak Griffin Console Table
Located in Charleston, SC
Beautiful detail with hand carved griffins. The "drawers" are dummy drawers.
Category

Early 20th Century French Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

A Fine Regency Period Mahogany Drum table
Located in South Croydon, GB
castors and with a turned gun -barrel column. The top with four frieze drawers and four dummies all with
Category

1810s British George III Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

English Corner Desk Writing Table Bevan Funnell Mahogany Antique Vintage
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
edged top above a concave shaped frieze drawer flanked by bowfront doors modeled with dummy drawers
Category

20th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

English Walnut Chest of Drawers Victorian Side Cabinet 19th Century Petite
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
chamfered edges. Fitted a long drawer above two small drawers flanking a cupboard modeled with dummy drawers
Category

19th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

European Faux Painted Pine Lift Top Chest
Located in Wilson, NC
painted to simulate burled wood. The top two drawers are dummies but the bottom is a working one.
Category

1850s English Used Dummies

Materials

Brass, Steel

Large Leather Top Mahogany Period Style Writing Table by Reprodux
Located in LES LILAS, FR
leather writing surface in three sections. Front opening drawers and rear dummy drawer fronts. Raised
Category

Late 20th Century Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Original And Unique Console 1960
Located in Saint-Andre lez Lille, France
1960 ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE DUMMY LEGS CONSOLE BY ANONYMOUS
Category

1970s Belgian Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Dress Maker s Bust/Manequin
Located in Houston, TX
size Tailor's Dummy.)
Category

19th Century French Used Dummies

Materials

Wood, Muslin

18th Century George III Period Mahogany Antique Serpentine Sideboard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
including a wine drawer with removable bottle holder and also a cupboard hidden behind dummy drawer fronts
Category

18th Century British George III Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Oak Dresser Base
Located in Honiton, Devon
cupboards, 3 central dummy drawers behind is cupboard space Measures: Height 30 inches or 77 cms Width
Category

1820s Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

Regency Rosewood Writing Table
Located in Salisbury, GB
drawers at front and two dummy drawers at rear, circa 1820.
Category

Early 19th Century Used Dummies

An Exceptional George III Period Satinwood Inlaid Sofa Table
Located in South Croydon, GB
and dummies on the reverse and the table stands on end supports with sabre legs and brass castors. In
Category

Early 19th Century British Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Satinwood

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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.