Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Oak, Walnut
1960s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine, Paint
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Metal
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Paint
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
20th Century Syrian Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Chestnut
Early 19th Century Unknown Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Late 18th Century William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1870s Italian Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut, Burl
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
18th Century George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century French Gustavian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1870s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Sicilian Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Early 20th Century French Country Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Pine
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Burl
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century American Sheraton Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Queen Anne Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
1980s Chippendale Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1800s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wrought Iron
19th Century British Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 19th Century English 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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