Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century French Directoire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Early 20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bamboo, Lacquer
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
1860s English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
Early 20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
19th Century Italian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Taiwanese Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
1990s Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
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, Steel
18th Century European George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Yew
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror, Hardwood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Teak
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rococo Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
1810s American Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Resin
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
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1890s Unknown Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century Dutch British Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
20th Century French Louis XV Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Iron
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood, 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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