Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century American Federal Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood, Pine
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Oak
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
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
1890s French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1790s British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Late 18th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Elm
20th Century Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Philippine British Colonial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Grasscloth, Bamboo
Late 19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1950s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rattan
1840s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Early 19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1980s Chippendale Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1920s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paint, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Twig, Oak
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 18th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Teak
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
19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century French 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 American Queen Anne Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
18th Century Swedish Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
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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