Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut, Burl
18th Century George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century French Gustavian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1780s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Steel
1790s American Hepplewhite Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Satinwood, Mahogany
Mid-18th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Oak
Early 20th Century French Country Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1870s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Sicilian Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nutwood
19th Century Italian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Pine
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Early 20th Century French Country Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Mid-18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1740s English Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood, Pine
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Burl
1950s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rattan
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Chrome
Late 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1920s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1790s British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
Late 18th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Elm
Early 19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 1900s British Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
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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