Dummy Board
Antique English Painted Wood Firescreen Flower Basket Dummy Board
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique Englishpainted wood firescreen flower basket dummy board
During the 18th and 19th
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Paintings
Materials
Wood
Rare 19th Century Decorated Tole Dummy Board
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A rare C19th decorated tole dummy board constructed as stick stand, depicting a terrier with red
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Tin
English Painted Wood Dummy Board Depicting a Royal Navy Lieutenant
Located in Southampton, NY
English painted wood dummy board depicting a royal navy lieutenant.
Inscribed 'Made in England' on
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century English Shop Display Dummy Board
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English Shop Display Dummy Board
A unique early 20th Century English hand
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art Signs
Materials
Pine
1960s Remington Rifle Life Size Advertising Dummy Board Seated Bond/ Mod Girl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Advertising Dummy Board. This custom store advertising board was created to promote Remington Rifles and
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
H 62.5 in W 34 in D 2.5 in
Figure James Bond 007 Pierce Brosnan Goldeneye Painted Film Dummy Board
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Fun conversation piece - James Bond in your home.
Great dumb waiter or prop, bigger than life size.
For the movie or film enthusiast. Measure: 81"high.
Category
1990s English Contemporary Art
Materials
Plywood
H 80.71 in W 23.63 in D 19.69 in
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
Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish More Folk Art
Materials
Wood
English Oval Mahogany Pembroke Table
Located in Wilson, NC
This pembroke table has a one board top in the center over 20 inches wide with no cracks or
Category
Antique 1790s English Tables
Materials
Brass
Diminutive French Neoclassical Inlaid Mahogany Games Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Checkerboard. The other option is to remove the top, to reveal a inset Inch square inlaid Backgammon board
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Game Tables
Materials
Brass
Regency Period Rosewood Sofa Games Table Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
removed to display a backgammon board beneath, the frieze with a dummy drawer retaining its original
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Sofa Tables
Materials
Rosewood
H 29.5 in W 54.75 in D 24.25 in
Edwardian Satinwood Hand-Painted Metamorphic Game Table
By Sheraton Revival
Located in Chicago, IL
craftsmanship and ingenuity. From the 17th to the 19th Century, card and board games were means to socialize and
Category
Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Game Tables
Materials
Crystal, Brass
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 Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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
Vintage 1940s French Folk Art More Folk Art
Materials
Tôle
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Exceptional Pair of Dummy Boards
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine and rare pair of 18th Century English dummy boards depicting a Cavalier and his Lady, he with a Van Dyke mustache, sword and leather boots, she with shy expression, string of pe...
Category
Antique 18th Century English Georgian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pine, Paint
Recent Sales
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
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Art
Welsh Oak Pot Board Dresser and Rack of Small Proportions
Located in Suffolk, GB
An early/mid 19thc Welsh oak pot board dresser and rack of small proportions of good patina (colour
Category
Antique 19th Century Welsh Dressers
Materials
Oak
Dresser
Located in Honiton, Devon
shelves and boarded rack, sitting in the breakfront base.
3 Frieze drawers and 2 cupboards flanking
Category
Antique Early 1800s Dressers
Materials
Oak
English Regency Games Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
central sliding top revealing a leather backgammon board and reversing to an inlaid chessboard of ebony
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Game Tables
Materials
Brass
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
Antique Early 18th Century English Georgian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
English Dog "Dummy Board"
Located in Atlanta, GA
Painted board model of dog. "Dummy Board".Some touch up to the paint
Category
Antique 19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Wood
Edwardian Floral Basket Dummy Board
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Edwardian English Dummy Board in the form of a weaved basket of flowers, painted on timber with
Category
Early 20th Century English Paintings
19th Century English Country House Dummy Boards in the 17th Century Style
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A pair of 17th century style dummy boards, depicting a young boy holding a small lap dog and a girl
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Decoys
Materials
Pine
H 40.16 in W 11.82 in D 1.19 in
18th Century Oak Pot Board Dresser Base
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
proportions.
Three drawers below the top surface with further spice drawers and one dummy drawer below.
Pot
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Great Britain (UK) Georgian Dressers
Materials
Oak
Monumental Late 18th C Italian Theatrical Props
Located in Charleston, SC
These tall, opposing pair of dummy boards/theater props were created in Italy in the late-18th
Category
Antique 1780s Italian Classical Roman Paintings
Materials
Linen
Rare Inlaid Georgian Mahogany Pembroke Games Table, circa 1790
Located in Doylestown, PA
exotic woods, the central sliding top revealing a leather backgammon board and reversing to an inlaid
Category
Antique 18th Century Georgian Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Regency Rosewood Games Table Attributed to Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
, green-leathered on one side and inlaid with a chess board on the other, which opens to reveal a
Category
Antique 1810s British Regency Game Tables
Materials
Rosewood
French Tole Geranium Decoration, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Interesting French tole decoration geranium in a basket, maybe a dummy board.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Folk Art More Folk Art
Materials
Tôle
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
Vintage 1940s French Folk Art More Folk Art
Materials
Tôle
Games Table With Chess & Backgammon Board
By Maitland Smith
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
cup feet, table with brass accents throughout, by Maitland-Smith, U.S.A. The game board lifts up and
Category
Late 20th Century American Game Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique, Welsh Pot Board Dresser and Rack
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique, oak, welsh pot board dresser and rack.
A small South Wales oak dresser with an open
Category
Antique 1780s Welsh Dressers
Materials
Oak
William IV Mahogany and Satinwood Pembroke Table or Games Table
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
centre of the table has a chess board, surrounded by satinwood inlay and satinwood banding to the edge
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Great Britain (UK) William IV Game Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Bureau Plat à TêTes De Guerriers Antiques
By Maison Mottheau et Fils
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
scrolling shell mount clasps. The shaped frieze has three drawers to the front and dummy drawers to the rear
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Desks
Materials
Bronze
Trompe l'Oeil Dummy Board
Located in New York, NY
This dummy board, a trompe l'oeil depiction of a marble vase overflowing with blowsy flowers, is
Category
Antique 1780s Italian Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood
19th Century Painted Dummy Board
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
19th century painted dummy board; of a young lady standing in a full length pink and white silk
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
Late 17th/Early 18th Century Fireplace Dummy Board of a Little Girl
Located in London, GB
A late 17th/early 18th fireplace dummy board of a charming little girl holding an apron full of
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Umbrella Stands
Materials
Metal
Italian 19th c. "dummy board" Woman and children
By Pedro Lara
Located in Natchez, MS
These "dummy boards" were created to put in the windows of villas to make people from a distance
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Beaux Arts Sculptures
Pair of 19th Century Highly Decorative Painted Dummy Boards
Located in Suffolk, GB
A pair of highly decorative 19th century painted pine dummy boards.
This pair of dummy boards
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Pine, Paint
Rare Cased circa 1932 Ventriloquist’s Dummy by Arthur Quisto
By Arthur Quisto
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
bottom board of the body with peg into which the pin fits giving the head a 360 degree rotation, in tweed
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Composition
Georgian oak pot board dresser base
Located in Salisbury, GB
Antique oak pot board dresser base
Here we are delighted to offer you this George III oak pot
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Sideboards
Materials
Elm, Oak
Welsh Oak Pot Board Dresser and Rack
Located in Suffolk, GB
An early 19th century Welsh oak pot board dresser and rack of good patina (color), in good original
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Welsh Dressers
Materials
Oak
Oak Dresser
Located in Honiton, Devon
shelves and boarded rack, sitting in the breakfront base.
3 Frieze drawers and 2 cupboards flanking
Category
Antique Early 1800s Dressers
Fine George III Period Pembroke Games Table
Located in Cambridge, GB
Fine George III period Pembroke games table; the top inlaid with a large chequer-board on a richly
Category
Antique 1790s English Game Tables
Excellent Late Regency Burr Elm Games Table
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
chess board on the reverse; the sunken interior incorporating a backgammon board inlaid in maple and
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Game Tables
Regency Rosewood Games Table
By John Mclean
Located in London, GB
inlaid chess board to the underside, which reveals a backgammon board below, the frieze with a single and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Rosewood
Dapper Hare Cut-out Figure
Located in Southampton, NY
Painted wood cut-out figure of a dapper hare. (Dummy Board)
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the dummy board you’re looking for. A dummy board — often made from wood, fabric and mahogany — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect dummy board — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each dummy board bearing Neoclassical hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made dummy board over the years, but those crafted by Pedro Lara and Pierre Le-Tan are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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Prices for a dummy board can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $660 and can go as high as $7,500, while the average can fetch as much as $3,233.
Questions About Dummy Board
- What is a dummy board?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Dummy boards were flat cutouts of people that were painted to resemble other people in a household. It’s believed that they originated in Holland in the 17th century and quickly became a popular item to have in the home. They create the appearance of other people being in a home and are sometimes called silent companions. Their true purpose isn’t entirely understood. Shop a collection of dummy boards from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- What is a dummy board used for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022No 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.