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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 2379692, member: 5066"]Yes, I hear you! Dummy Boards have largely been lost in the mists of time. I see them from time to time in very old furniture auctions but, it's kinda like RIVEN! CRICKET TABLE! bla bla bla.</p><p>I don't think anyone really knows their original purpose, many theories around.</p><p><br /></p><p>"If you enjoy visiting country houses, now and again you’ll have probably come across the odd dummy board. ‘Dummy boards’ are flat, oil-painted trompe l’oeil figures. They are often life-sized (though sometimes smaller) and were placed around the house in halls, corridors, by fireplaces and on staircases. According to the <a href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O136635/man-with-a-cane-dummy-board-unknown/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O136635/man-with-a-cane-dummy-board-unknown/" rel="nofollow">Victoria and Albert Museum</a>, they originated in the early 17th century and were popular until the 19th century when they fell out of fashion. The figures usually resemble servants, soldiers, children and animals"</p><p><a href="https://www.homesandantiques.com/antiques/collecting-guides-antiques/experts/what-is-a-dummy-board/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.homesandantiques.com/antiques/collecting-guides-antiques/experts/what-is-a-dummy-board/" rel="nofollow">https://www.homesandantiques.com/antiques/collecting-guides-antiques/experts/what-is-a-dummy-board/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 2379692, member: 5066"]Yes, I hear you! Dummy Boards have largely been lost in the mists of time. I see them from time to time in very old furniture auctions but, it's kinda like RIVEN! CRICKET TABLE! bla bla bla. I don't think anyone really knows their original purpose, many theories around. "If you enjoy visiting country houses, now and again you’ll have probably come across the odd dummy board. ‘Dummy boards’ are flat, oil-painted trompe l’oeil figures. They are often life-sized (though sometimes smaller) and were placed around the house in halls, corridors, by fireplaces and on staircases. According to the [URL='http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O136635/man-with-a-cane-dummy-board-unknown/']Victoria and Albert Museum[/URL], they originated in the early 17th century and were popular until the 19th century when they fell out of fashion. The figures usually resemble servants, soldiers, children and animals" [URL]https://www.homesandantiques.com/antiques/collecting-guides-antiques/experts/what-is-a-dummy-board/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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