Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mid-20th Century Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 1900s Irish Arts and Crafts Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century North American Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1860s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1780s English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Rustic Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass, Wood
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Art Glass
1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Satinwood
Late 19th Century American American Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
1760s Scottish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1900s French Baroque Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cast Stone, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
Early 20th Century English George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper
1830s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper, Wood, Paint
Mid-18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century Swedish Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Paint
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
1840s English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple, Walnut
Early 20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut
18th Century English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1760s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Padouk
Early 1700s Italian Romantic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-18th Century Irish Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Mahogany
1820s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
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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