No…
Here’s the deal.
Before 4.1 was released, you could go under the Appearance tab, click either header or background and do what you wanted to do; say for example use a solid color for a background.
Now, click either of those and the pop up box for the Customizer opens… thus eliminating the ability to use the dashboard links.
It’s not a theme issue as the theme I use is quite compatible with WP.
And besides, I’ve talked with the theme developer as well as folks who ought to know, this is a WP thing…