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The taste for using illusionistic painted figures as a form of house decoration probably originated in the trompe l’oeil, or life-like interior scenes painted by Dutch artists in the early 17th century.  Dummy boards continued to be produced into the 19 th century. They were placed in corners and on stairways to surprise visitors, or in front of empty fireplaces in the summer. Most were made by professional sign-painters, who also produced the hanging street signs prevalent until the late 18th century.\r\n\r\nThis figure of a street pedlar may have been made as an advertisement for a jeweller's or curio shop, or possibly as an ornament for a pleasure garden. He is selling jewellery from an open case which is hung around his neck on a strap.","physicalDescription":"Life-size cut-out painting of a street pedlar, carrying an open case containing jewellery. 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This probably means that it was a later repair.","historicalContext":"Possibly an advertisement for a curio shop or jewellers.","briefDescription":"Dummy board, oil on wood panel, street pedlar, British, ca. 1820","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Graham, Clare. Dummy Boards and Chimney Boards. Shire Album 214, Aylesbury: Shire Publications Ltd, 1988. 32 p., ill. 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