Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Art Glass
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Other
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, Steel
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
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
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 French Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood
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
Plastic
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
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Aluminum
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 Rococo Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple
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
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
19th Century French Directoire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
1820s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Italian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 20th Century British Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror, Hardwood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
19th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1880s English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 20th Century Spanish Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Early 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Burl
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome
Late 18th Century Dutch British Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century British Georgian 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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