Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
1760s Scottish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
1990s Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Art Glass
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
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, Steel
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, Steel
Early 20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Teak
1820s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Bronze
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
19th Century Italian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Aluminum
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rococo Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
19th Century French Directoire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror, Hardwood
Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Burl
Late 20th Century Spanish Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1880s English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1870s French Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1830s English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century Caribbean Dutch Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s Federal Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Iron
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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