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19th Century French Burr Walnut Gilt Metal Mounted Centre Writing Table
Located in London, GB
tooled black hide leather inset writing surface above two frieze drawers opposing exactly matching dummy
Category

1880s French Neoclassical Used Dummies

Materials

Ormolu

Georgian Oak Corner Cupboard
Located in Manchester, GB
single central drawer (the smaller side drawers are dummies) and a large single 16 pane astragal glazed
Category

Early 1800s English Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

Georgian Mahogany Pembroke Table
Located in Folkestone, Kent
and good color, crossbanded in tulipwood, above a plain apron with similarly banded drawer and dummy
Category

1790s British Hepplewhite Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Regency Mahogany Davenport
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Bramah locks engraved VR, and there are dummy drawers on opposite side. The panelled front and back have
Category

Mid-19th Century Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

An English George IV ladies writing table
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Miami, FL
drawers and 2 dummy drawers. The top is crossbanded with a gadrooned border, the table stands on 2 carved
Category

19th Century English Used Dummies

Furniture Enigmatic Despair Isolation Mezzotint Black Interior Modern Juan Muñoz
Located in MADRID, MD
individually or in groups, cast in bronze or resin, his figures—inspired by ventriloquist dummies, dwarves, and
Category

1990s Contemporary Used Dummies

Materials

Watercolor, Drypoint, Mezzotint

Althorp Mahogany Bureau Desk
Located in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
suede panelling with a short frieze drawer below flanked by dummy drawers. Below this is two short and
Category

Early 18th Century Vietnamese George III Used Dummies

Brass Inlaid Centre Table with Scroll Brass Feet
Located in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
brass scroll inlay, above six frieze drawers of which three are dummy drawers, on a trefoil tapered
Category

19th Century Vietnamese Used Dummies

George III Period Satinwood Pembroke Table
Located in Kansas City, MO
single frieze drawer with the original brass handles to the front and later copies to the reverse dummy
Category

1790s English Sheraton Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

A gilt-metal mounted ebony and ivory table cabinet
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
, above two dummy drawers and five drawers, centred by a double arched mirrored sliding compartment
Category

18th Century and Earlier Belgian Renaissance Used Dummies

Materials

Metal

Chippendale Period Satinwood and Marquetry Inlaid Pembroke Table
Located in Witney, OXFORDSHIRE
and centre panel all crossbanded and above a fitted writing drawer and a dummy drawer with axe drop
Category

Late 18th Century British Chippendale Used Dummies

Materials

Harewood, Satinwood

Regency Rosewood Pembroke Table
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
drawers and two dummy drawers to back, all fitted with brass handles and flanked by further satinwood
Category

1820s English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Victorian Mahogany Two Drawer Table
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
free standing with dummy drawers at the rear. The table is made from very good quality 'Plum Pudding
Category

19th Century British Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Regency Drop-Leaf Work Table in Pollard Oak
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
corners above opposing mahogany lined drawers, including a dummy drawer to either side; with beaded
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Silk, Oak

George III Period Mahogany Antique Pembroke Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
real and one dummy drawer, mahogany drawer linings, precision dove tails, dense grained mahogany and
Category

Early 19th Century British George III Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Original Vintage Travel Poster Algeria Tunisia Cie Gle Transatlantique PLM Art
Located in London, GB
20 hours when launched; her second funnel was built as a dummy, only the front chimney was used
Category

1930s Used Dummies

Materials

Paper

Pair of Rings Colombian Emerald Diamond Platinum Ring Green Paste Silver Ring
Located in Antwerp, BE
expensive materials. These reproductions -called dummies- were crafted specifically to wear on long journeys
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Retro Used Dummies

Materials

Diamond, Emerald, White Diamond, Platinum, Silver

Regency Burr Oak and Gilded Drum Table
Located in London, GB
inset panel of hide with a gilded greek key border above four drawers and four dummy drawers with gilded
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Late George III Mahogany and Inlaid Cylinder Desk by T. Willson, London
Located in Edinburgh, GB
of dummy and real drawers. It all stands on tapered, inlaid legs and finishes on brass cups and brass
Category

Early 19th Century English George III Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood

19th Century Regency Rosewood Drop Leaf Work Table
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
. The reverse side has dummy drawer fronts and the drop leaves are supported by hinged flaps. The
Category

Early 1800s English Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

18th Century George III Period Mahogany Antique Pembroke Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
normal arrangement of drawer and dummy drawer. This is a very Fine table and it is hard to believe that a
Category

18th Century British George III Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Fine 19th Century Small Regency Mahogany Davenport Desk
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
and two dummy drawers. To the right hand side of the slope is an inkwell drawer which pulls out and
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Ebony, Mahogany

Mahogany Game Table Writing Desk 19th c
Located in Houston, TX
compartment inlaid for backgammon, with a short drawer to either side; conforming dummy drawers, with bone
Category

20th Century French Used Dummies

Materials

Brass

19th Century Gillows of Lancaster Burl Walnut Drum Table.
Located in Long Island City, NY
The blue felt inlaid top over a molded frieze containing four drawers and four dummy drawers. The
Category

19th Century British Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Mid Victorian Burr Walnut Piano Top Davenport
Located in Manchester, GB
the right hand side operates as normal whilst the drawers to the left are all dummy drawers (this
Category

1860s European Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Boxwood, Walnut

19th Century Pair of French Iron Conservatory Doors Restored in Original Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
a frame, circa 1870. Each door has a dummy mounted center knob. This entryway has been bead
Category

19th Century French Gothic Used Dummies

Photograph By Lucien Lorelle
By Lucien Lorelle
Located in Paris, FR
photographer's grandson surrounded by tailors' dummies with projectors as heads). Original photo signed and
Category

1960s French Used Dummies

Materials

Wood

Antique 14 Karat Gold Full Hunter LeCoultre Co. Minute Repeater Pocket Watch
Located in Carlisle, GB
hence was not set up as a dummy brand after the merger.
Category

1890s Swiss Used Dummies

Materials

14k Gold, Enamel, Gold

Regency Mahogany Occasional Table
Located in Manchester, GB
A George the 4th scaled down antique Pembroke table. Made from mahogany and has a dummy leaf to one
Category

1820s English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Unusual Satin Birch Davenport Desk, circa 1860
Located in Edinburgh, GB
lock and clasp. It has a cupboard to the left (with dummy drawer façade) and, and four real drawers to
Category

1860s Used Dummies

Materials

Birch

Late 19th Century Oval Satinwood Pembroke Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
form with a bow shaped drawer with ebony line decoration and decorative brass handles with a dummy
Category

Late 19th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Satinwood

19th Century Regency Cluster Column Base Mahogany Amboyna Drop Leaf Side Table
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
single drawer has two drawer front with dummy drawers at the back. The two drop leaves are supported
Category

1810s British Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany, Amboyna

Althorp Partners Desk
Located in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
dummy drawers whilst the desk corners are carved with finely fluted, leaf and acanthus ornaments on
Category

Late 17th Century Vietnamese George III Used Dummies

Georgian Mahogany Drop-Leaf Table
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
dummy drawers to the back. The table has a quadruped base that consists of four sabre shaped legs
Category

1810s English Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

George IV Zebra Wood Davenport
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
four drawers with knob handles to the right hand side with four dummy drawers to the left. Above the
Category

1820s British George IV Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany, Zebra Wood

Regency Satin and Rosewood Sofa Table, in the Manner of Thomas Hope
By Thomas Hope
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
in brass castors. The table is the same on the reverse with dummy drawers so it can be used
Category

1820s English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood, Satinwood

Charles X Birdseye Maple Sofa Table of Gothic Design
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
and a thumbnail moulded edge above the frieze, opposing drawers including a dummy drawer to either
Category

Early 19th Century French Charles X Used Dummies

Materials

Birdseye Maple

Good Regency Burr Elm Work Table with Ebony Inlay
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
drawers with brass ring handles above a pull out pleated silk work basket and dummy drawers to the
Category

19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Small Serpentine Commode Chest
Located in Folkestone, Kent
. The top with thumb nail moulded edge above four dummy drawers each fitted with the original fire
Category

1760s English Used Dummies

Welsh Oak Pot Board Dresser and Rack of Small Proportions
Located in Suffolk, GB
six cock beaded drawers (pine lined) with original brass swan neck handles, also having two dummy
Category

19th Century Welsh Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

Fine Quality Mahogany Chippendale Revival Antique Drum Table
Located in Darwen, GB
. The frieze with four oak lined working drawers and four dummy drawers, each with traditional
Category

Early 1900s Edwardian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Large Early 19th Century Regency Six-Drawer Writing Table of Fine Patina
Located in Suffolk, GB
, with two dummy drawers to each end. The oak lined drawers consist of mahogany veneers to the front with
Category

Early 19th Century English Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Writing Table/Bureau Plat Bronze-Mounted with Matching Chairs French late 19th C
Located in Uppingham, GB
fitted drawer on the right, exactly the same look on the opposing side with dummy fronts. All drawers oak
Category

1890s French Empire Used Dummies

Materials

Bronze

Elegant Late 19th Century French Marquetry Ladies Vanity Table
Located in Worcester, Worcestershire
gilt brass bound top. Dummy drawer to the apron with further inlay. Lock with ormolu escutcheon plate
Category

19th Century French Used Dummies

Louis XV Style Walnut Bombe Partners Desk Empire Bureau Table
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Wonderful Louis XV style bombe bureau plat or writing desk. This is a dummy partners desk i.e
Category

Early 2000s French Louis XV Used Dummies

Regency Mahogany Sofa Table
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
by a pair of laps at each end. The table can free stand with a drawer and a dummy drawer to each
Category

1810s English Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Regency Rosewood Work Table
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
. The pair of drawers have a cock bead edge, mahogany linings and brass knob handles with dummy drawers
Category

Early 19th Century English Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Early 19th Century Mahogany Antique Pedestal Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
dummy drawers. Because it does not have drawers both sides the cupboard section of this desk is
Category

Early 19th Century British George III Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

George IV Rosewood Sofa Table
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
figured rosewood and has two drawers to the front and two dummy drawer to the back. The two drawers are
Category

1820s English Used Dummies

Materials

Rosewood

Antique Quality Victorian, circa 1870 Burr Walnut Davenport Writing Table Desk
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
and slide freely) on the RHS (as viewed from the front). Four dummy drawers on the LHS. Old (but
Category

1870s British Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Antique Quality Georgian Regency Mahogany Pedestal Pembroke Sofa Table
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
slides freely (dummy at the other end). Great pedestal base and a beautifully turned stem, terminating
Category

Early 19th Century British Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Victorian 19th Century Inlaid Walnut Davenport Desk Writing Table
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
drawer (pivots when pulled out) on the RHS. Four dummy drawers on the LHS. Later writing surface with
Category

19th Century British Victorian Used Dummies

Materials

Walnut

Antique Georgian 18th Century Oak Country Tallboy Chest on Chest of Drawers
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
, dummies in 4 drawers). Later handles. There are historic extinct woodworm holes (expected for 18C country
Category

18th Century British Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Oak

Cabin or Map Table
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
. The well is plain, without dividers and lined in linen. The top section has a dummy drawer to both the
Category

Early 18th Century English Georgian Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

255-Piece Canteen of Silver Trefid Pattern Flatware for 36 Garrards of London
By Garrard Co. Ltd.
Located in Windsor Forest, Berkshire
contained in the original Oak four drawer fitted cabinet on carved baulster legs, the reverse with a dummy
Category

1910s British George V Used Dummies

Materials

Silver

Antique Georgian Regency Inlaid Mahogany Sofa Table Pembroke Side
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
drawer slides freely. Active drawer to one side and a dummy to the other. Simple stretcher
Category

Late 18th Century British Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Georgian Regency Mahogany Pedestal Pembroke Sofa Table
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
. No loose joints or wobbles and the mahogany lined drawer slides freely (dummy at the other end
Category

Early 19th Century British Regency Used Dummies

Materials

Mahogany

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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.
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    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.