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Early 20th century Creepy Glass Eyed English puppet head.
Located in London, GB
-20th century articulated English ventriloquist dummy’s head. Made from a composite material and secured
Category

Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls

Materials

Paper

Vintage Resuscitation Male Dummy Training Head
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage resuscitation man's head. Open mouth connected to tubes that would raise chest for CPR
Category

Mid-20th Century American Steampunk Scientific Instruments

Materials

Rubber

Midcentury Painted Ventriloquist Dummy, circa 1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
About An original ventriloquist dummy. Painted composite head with movable mouth. Hole in the
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Models and Miniatures

Materials

Composition

Early 20th Century English Crying Ventriloquist Dummy
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century English Crying Ventriloquist Dummy He’s just a big cry-baby, An aged example of
Category

Vintage 1920s European Early Victorian Toys

Materials

Linen, Cut Glass, Pine, Paper

Regency Mahogany Drum Table
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
inset and above an arrangement of 4 drawers and 4 dummy drawers with original brass leopard head handles
Category

Antique 1820s English Neoclassical Center Tables

Materials

Brass

Regency Mahogany Drum Table
Regency Mahogany Drum Table
H 45.28 in Dm 29.93 in
Paul Sormani, Square Card Table, Mahogany, Bronze, 1880s, Christies London Prov.
By Paul Sormani
Located in Stamford, CT
stamped Made by P Sormani Pairs, For Geo A Glaezer & CO NY. . The reverse with a conforming dummy frieze
Category

Antique Early 1900s French Louis XV Card Tables and Tea Tables

Materials

Bronze

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

Antique Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Chippendale mahogany Pembroke table.
Chippendale mahogany Pembroke table.
H 27 in W 22.5 in D 22 in
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 Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Large Mahogany Chippendale Style Partners Desk
Large Mahogany Chippendale Style Partners Desk
H 29.93 in W 76.38 in D 48.43 in
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

Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper

Fine Antique French Louis XV Marquetry Rosewood Ormolu Secretaire Abattant 1880
Located in Portland, OR
gilded bronze mounts, including a pair of crowned heads supporting the top. The first three 'dummy
Category

Antique 1880s French Louis XV Secretaires

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Jesus College, Cambridge lithograph by Julian Trevelyan
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in London, GB
Palestine, forcing the German Afrika Korps to use resources against a dummy army whilst real tanks were
Category

Mid-20th Century Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Music Box with Automatons and Bells made by Karrer
Located in Zonhoven, BE
bee-strikers and 2 are dummy bells. The automatons turn the heads from left to right as they strike
Category

Antique 1870s Swiss Napoleon III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Iron, Other, Cut Steel, Steel

George III Sheraton Period Desk
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
useful drawer with lions head pulls and each corner having well-carved finials. The tambour is in
Category

Antique 18th Century British Country Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Satinwood

George III Sheraton Period Desk
George III Sheraton Period Desk
H 41.54 in W 24.41 in D 19.3 in
Julian Trevelyan St. James's Park London Etching Modern British Art Print UK
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 Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Julian Trevelyan Gravesend Etching Modern British Art London Print UK Thames
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in London, GB
served in North Africa and Palestine, forcing the German Afrika Korps to use resources against a dummy
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Julian Trevelyan Kensington Gardens Etching Modern British Art London Print UK
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in London, GB
, forcing the German Afrika Korps to use resources against a dummy army whilst real tanks were disguised as
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Julian Trevelyan Richmond Thames Series London Etching Modern British Art Print
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in London, GB
German Afrika Korps to use resources against a dummy army whilst real tanks were disguised as more
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Julian Trevelyan Father Thames Etching Modern British Art London Print UK
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in London, GB
, forcing the German Afrika Korps to use resources against a dummy army whilst real tanks were disguised as
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Portrait of a Lady - British art Post Impressionist 40s drawing female portrait
By Edward Bainbridge Copnall
Located in London, GB
A dramatic head and shoulders portrait of a lady in coloured chalks attributed to noted British
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Julian Trevelyan: 'Islam' Modern British Art etching
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in London, GB
Korps to use resources against a dummy army whilst real tanks were disguised as more harmless equipment
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

1960s UK Army Recruitment poster, Join the Regular Army Junior Leaders' Unit
By John Godfrey Bernard Worsley
Located in London, GB
activities of a party of saboteurs. Imprisoned at Marlag O he created the head of Albert R.N., a dummy made
Category

1960s Modern More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Julian Trevelyan RA, Peterhouse Cambridge College proof print (1959/62)
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in London, GB
Korps to use resources against a dummy army whilst real tanks were disguised as more harmless equipment
Category

1960s Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Julian Trevelyan: St Catharine's College, Cambridge University lithograph
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in London, GB
Korps to use resources against a dummy army whilst real tanks were disguised as more harmless equipment
Category

20th Century Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Julian Trevelyan: 'Spinnakers' sailing boats Modern British Art print
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in London, GB
North Africa and Palestine, forcing the German Afrika Korps to use resources against a dummy army whilst
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

1960s UK Army Recruitment poster, Join the New Regular Army Tank Commander
By John Godfrey Bernard Worsley
Located in London, GB
activities of a party of saboteurs. Imprisoned at Marlag O he created the head of Albert R.N., a dummy made
Category

1960s Modern More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

1959 UK Army Recruitment poster, Join the New Regular Army Wireless Operator
By John Godfrey Bernard Worsley
Located in London, GB
the head of Albert R.N., a dummy made from papier maché, a wire frame and human hair. Albert’s eyes
Category

1950s Modern More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Important Regency Period Library Table Made After Designs by Thomas Hope
By Thomas Hope
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
table, the circular leather-inset top with ebony stringing above two deep, twoshallow and four dummy
Category

Antique 1810s English Regency Center Tables

Materials

Oak

Julian Trevelyan New York Bridges Oil on canvas Modern British Art
By Julian Trevelyan
Located in London, GB
Palestine, forcing the German Afrika Korps to use resources against a dummy army whilst real tanks were
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Napoleon III Gilt-Bronze Mounted Empire Style Mahogany Pedestal Desk, circa 1870
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
above three frieze drawers, flanked by gilt bronze anthemion mounts and three corresponding dummy
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Caius College Cambridge: Julian Trevelyan - lithograph Modern British Art
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 Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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

Antique Late 19th Century French Régence Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

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

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

French Kingwood Gilt Mounted Bureau Plat Regence Desk
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
feathered and scrolling edge. Fitted three frieze drawers with dummy drawers to the reverse. All drawers
Category

Vintage 1920s European Louis XV Furniture

Materials

Bronze

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

Antique 1790s English Sheraton Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables

Materials

Wood

George III Period Satinwood Pembroke Table
H 29 in W 20.5 in D 31 in L 29 in
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

Antique 1790s British Hepplewhite Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Georgian Mahogany Pembroke Table
Georgian Mahogany Pembroke Table
H 27.96 in W 40.95 in D 33.08 in
Brass Inlaid Centre Table with Scroll Brass Feet
Located in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire
head carved edge top centred by brass floral inlay and crossbanded in rosewood with further elaborate
Category

Antique 19th Century Vietnamese Center Tables

Brass Inlaid Centre Table with Scroll Brass Feet
Brass Inlaid Centre Table with Scroll Brass Feet
H 33.08 in W 51.19 in D 51.19 in
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

Vintage 1960s French Photography

Materials

Wood

Photograph By Lucien Lorelle
Photograph By Lucien Lorelle
H 9.45 in W 7.09 in
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

Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Sofa Tables

Materials

Birdseye Maple

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

Antique 1890s French Empire Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Early 20th Century Lines of London Rocking Horse
By G & J Lines
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
fairground rides ie like the Savages fairgrounds rides, life-size dummy horses for tailors and saddles
Category

Vintage 1920s English Children's Furniture

Materials

Wood

Untitled (Talking Photograph)
By Tony Oursler
Located in New York, NY
that whines, complains, threatens, and laments in ongoing monologues issuing from doll-like dummies
Category

1990s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Color, Plastic

Carved Wood Ventriloquist Dummy Head
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The eyes on this amazing ventriloquist dummy head can be moved up and down by pulling on the metal
Category

Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

Wire

Vintage Lifesize Crash Test Dummy Head
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Graphic vintage rubber and metal crash test dummy head found in the midwest.
Category

20th Century American Busts

Materials

Metal

Set of 3 "Outsider Art" Crash Test Heads
Located in New York, NY
Set of 3 crash test dummy heads in red, green and dark blue sitting on vintage steel platforms
Category

20th Century American Busts

Materials

Steel

Rare Cast Aluminum Crash Test Dummies
Located in Culver City, CA
Rare cast aluminum crash test dummies life-size dummies with articulating joints, original grey
Category

20th Century European Models and Miniatures

Materials

Aluminum

Early 20th Century Herbert Brighton Ventriloquist’s Dummy
Located in London, GB
Early -20th century Herbert Brighton Ventriloquist’s dummy. We share what we love, and we love
Category

Vintage 1930s British Early Victorian Toys

Materials

Paper

Mid-1900 Italian Vintage Haute Couture Tailor Dummy Dressmaker Mannequin
Located in Carimate, Como
This Mannequin or dressmaker and tailor's dummy, stands on a tripod base in light oak wood and has
Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Busts

Materials

Textile, Wood

Atelier with Dummies and Wayfarers - Oil on Canvas by Unknown Painter 1800
Located in Roma, IT
Atelier with Dummies and Wayfarers is an original artwork realized by an European artist in the XIX
Category

Late 19th Century Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pair of English 1860s Painted Dummy Boards of Boy and Girl in English Costumes
Located in Atlanta, GA
white bodice and partlet, a coif on her head and holding a hand fan. Dummy boards are a form of house
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Models and Miniatures

Materials

Wood

Untitled (Woman's Head)
By Laurie Simmons
Located in Toronto, Ontario
dummies, mannequins, and occasionally people, to create images that reference (and often subvert) domestic
Category

1970s Conceptual Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Boutique Display Mannequin Head
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Elegant vintage bust / shop dummy from the glamour of 1920-30s’ France. Originally used to display
Category

Vintage 1930s French Models and Miniatures

Materials

Plaster

Vintage Boutique Display Mannequin Head
Vintage Boutique Display Mannequin Head
H 25.2 in W 12.6 in D 9.06 in
Vintage Boutique Display Mannequin Head
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
Elegant vintage bust / shop dummy from the glamour of 1920-30s’ France. Originally used to display
Category

Early 20th Century French Models and Miniatures

Materials

Plaster

Vintage Boutique Display Mannequin Head
Vintage Boutique Display Mannequin Head
H 25.2 in W 12.6 in D 9.06 in
French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
Located in Brighton, Sussex
ormolu ram's head mounts and moulding to the drawer fronts and legs. Dummy drawers to the reverse side
Category

Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks

Materials

Mahogany

French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat
H 30.71 in W 53.15 in D 29.53 in
Bureau Plat in the Louis XV Manner
Located in Cheshire, GB
by an ormolu-band, above three frieze drawers with opposing dummy drawers, on cabriole legs headed by
Category

Antique 19th Century English Louis XV Desks and Writing Tables

Bureau Plat in the Louis XV Manner
Bureau Plat in the Louis XV Manner
H 28.5 in W 53 in D 28.5 in
English Mahogany Sheraton Style Sideboard
By Maple & Co.
Located in Banner Elk, NC
mahogany double dummy drawer fronted cellaret drawer, all with brass lion head ring pulls and similar satin
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Sheraton Sideboards

Materials

Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood

English Mahogany Sheraton Style Sideboard
English Mahogany Sheraton Style Sideboard
H 26.5 in W 70.75 in D 35.5 in
Regency Period Drum Top Library Table
Located in Lymington, GB
19th century, circa 1820. With an assortment of alternating ‘real’ and ‘dummy’ drawers in the frieze
Category

Antique 1820s English Georgian Center Tables

Materials

Oak

Pair of Antique Military Campaign Style Side Chests
Located in London, GB
head handles. They are a very useful size, and are finished on the backs with dummy drawers, so are
Category

Mid-20th Century English Campaign Night Stands

Materials

Wood

Exceptional Ormolu-Mounted Centre Table Firmly Attributed to Holland & Sons
By Holland & Sons
Located in London, GB
(ram head) motif. The reverse has two dummy drawers and repeated motifs, and the sides have foliate
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Louis XVI Center Tables

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Large French 18th Century Louis XVI Marquetry Commode or Chest of Drawers
Located in Berlin, DE
like one frieze drawer with a dummy centered keyhole. The circular handles in shape of a ring within a
Category

Antique 1780s French Louis XVI Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Remarkable Hexagonal Library Table
By Thomas Henry Filmer
Located in Greenwich, CT
gilt tooled Morocco leather top over three working and three dummy drawers with ripple moldings, the
Category

Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Center Tables

Materials

Oak

Remarkable Hexagonal Library Table
Remarkable Hexagonal Library Table
H 30 in W 48 in D 48 in
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Dummy Head For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the dummy head you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, metal and bronze, every dummy head was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect dummy head — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right dummy head, those designed in louis xv, Empire and Georgian styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made dummy head over the years, but those crafted by François Linke and Paul Sormani are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Dummy Head?

Prices for a dummy head can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $293 and can go as high as $117,213, while the average can fetch as much as $1,888.