Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1940s Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
Early 1900s Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
20th Century Syrian Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Bronze
Late 20th Century American American Colonial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1920s Directoire Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Early 1900s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
20th Century American 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
20th Century English Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Belgian Rustic Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wrought Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century English Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Country Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century French Gustavian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nutwood
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Pine
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1920s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1960s Scandinavian Minimalist Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Early 20th Century French Country Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
20th Century Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
1980s Chippendale Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1950s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rattan
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Chrome
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1900s British Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Resin
Mid-20th Century American Queen Anne Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
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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