Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
20th Century American 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
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1870s French Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Gold
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
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
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple, Wood
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Tortoise Shell, Mahogany
20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Softwood
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ceramic, Oak
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Zebra Wood
19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Brass
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nickel
1960s American Post-Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Parchment Paper
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
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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