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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 19th 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\nYoung women peeling apples were a popular theme for dummy boards.","physicalDescription":"Life-size cut-out painting of a seated young woman peeling apples into her apron on her lap.  She is wearing a brown dress with low bodice laced in front and showing a linen frill.  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'Arnold Houbraken, writing in 1719...describes how Bisshop painted cur-out wooden templates which could be placed in a corner or doorway in the hope of deceiving the unwary' (Graham, 1988). There is a similar example at the Chateau de Malle near Bordeaux, France, and a19th century version at Knole Park.","briefDescription":"Dummy board, oil on wood panel, young woman peeling apples, British ca. 1690","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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