Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1760s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Early 19th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century North American Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Mid-18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century American British Colonial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1830s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bamboo, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1820s English George IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ebony, Mahogany
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1840s European Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Rosewood
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
18th Century European George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Yew
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1990s Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Late 20th Century Taiwanese Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
1860s English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Paint
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
1810s American Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1810s American Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Resin
Early 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
20th Century French Louis XV Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1860s French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Scagliola, Wood
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
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.
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