Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Late 19th Century American Hepplewhite Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
1780s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1850s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American American Colonial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1920s Directoire Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry, Walnut
Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1850s French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Chestnut
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century English Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century English Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century English Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century Sheraton Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1870s Italian Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Early 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
Late 18th Century William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
Early 19th Century Unknown Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
18th Century British Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1750s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Belgian Rustic Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century English Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1760s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Fruitwood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Antique and Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-Top Tables
In preparing for your next holiday party or dinner party, an antique or vintage dessert table might just be the perfect finishing touch.
Dessert tables are elegant pieces essential for hosting both formal and casual gatherings. Also known as tilt-top tables or loo tables (named for the card game), these eye-catching furnishings make it easy to host large parties so that guests are not confined to a single space for the night. The top of a tilt-top table is typically hinged to a pedestal in the structure’s center so that its surface can be turned from a horizontal to a vertical position and parked in the corner of a living room or dining room. This gives it an advantage over a traditional side table and allows it to take up less space when it’s not in use.
Dessert tables are deliberately built small or narrow so that they are easy to maneuver. These compact tables were especially prominent in the 18th century in the United States and England where they regularly accompanied social interactions like tea drinking. During the early 1920s, the sterling-silver full tea service and tray designed by Tiffany & Co. set atop your dessert table might include a hot-water kettle on a stand, a coffeepot, a teapot, a creamer with a small lip spout, a waste bowl and a bowl for sugar, which the British were stirring into tea by the 1720s and ’30s.
Older dessert tables often feature intricate carvings and motifs, making them enduringly popular through the decades. Many tilt-top tables likewise have elaborate veneers for a decoration that can be viewed when they are tilted down and stored against a wall.
Find antique and vintage tilt-top tables and dessert tables in various styles and finishes on 1stDibs.