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Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables For Sale
Louis-Philippe French Walnut Tilt-Top Wine Tasting Table with Carved Paw Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Louis-Philippe walnut wine tasting table from circa 1820-1850 with tilt top and paw feet. Elevate your space with this charming 19th-century French tilt-top wine tasting tab...
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19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Walnut
Circa 1830 Country French Tilt-Top Wine Tasting Table
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1830 country French round tilt-top wine tasting table or vintner's table. Raised on bold, shoe feet with wishbone swivel support to open. Warm hard poplar with chestnut battens...
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1830s French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Poplar, Walnut
Socle Dining Room Sets No23, Elegance Defined in Wood by NONO
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Socle Dining Room Sets No23, Elegance Defined in Wood by NONO
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Introducing the "Socle Dining Table Series" by NONO, a distinguished expansion of our beloved side table collection...
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2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century French Tilt-Top Wine Tasting Table in Carved Fruitwood
Located in Dallas, TX
Known as a vintner’s table, this beautiful tilt-top wine-tasting table would have been used at a French vineyard during the 1800s. Hand-carved from fruitwood, the robust round top is...
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19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
Kartell Thierry Table by Piero Lissoni in Burgundy
By Piero Lissoni, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Thierry is a family of highly characteristic occasional tables that make an inspired use of colour. Each table can have 3 or 4 different colours and can be assembled in various ways....
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Plastic
Pair of Hand Painted Vintage Tilt Top Side Lamp Tables with Brass Gallery Rails
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of hand painted tilt top side tables with brass gallery rails
A very good looking and decorative pair of side tables, they ha...
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20th Century European Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass
Kittinger Williamsburg Restoration Federal Mahogany Tilt Top Table Candle Stand
By Kittinger
Located in Dayton, OH
A Federal style mahogany candle stand by Kittinger, circa 1970s. Williamburg Restoration line. Features a rectangular top with serpentine edge over a baluster turned base with cabrio...
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1970s Federal Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Sublime Victorian Polychrome Painted Parcel Gilt Tilt-Top Occasional Wine Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite Victorian circa 1860 Polychrome painted parcel gilt tilt top occasional table
A very well made and ornately decorated table. It i...
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1860s English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Louis XVI French Mahogany Ormolu Mounted Dessert Console Table, 1780
Located in Rome, IT
Extraordinary French D-shaped console dessert with white statuary marble top adorned with a pierced ormolu gallery.
The central drawer, with original finely chiseled ormolu decorati...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Ormolu
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Flamed Mahogany and Ormolu Dessert Console
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A magnificent and extremely elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. freestanding flamed mahogany and ormolu dessert console, attributed to Beurdeley. The high quality console is ra...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Foldable Side Table Collection Des Prospects Refined Imperial Chinese
Located in Milano, IT
Foldable coffee table with refined Imperial Chinese collection des prospects, 19th century .The coffee table is made of walnut wood. The coffee table th...
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Early 1800s French Romantic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Walnut, Paper
Regency circa 1810 Italian Polychrome Painted Hand Carved Tilt Top Side Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning Regency circa 1810 Polychrome painted Italian hand carved tiltop side table
A very good looking well made and decorativ...
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1810s Italian Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
English Steel Painted Center Tilt-Top Table
Located in Wilson, NC
English steel painted center tilt-top table with a gold border surrounding a hand painted scene of mountains and a river. It also has architectural features and depicts two women wit...
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1840s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Steel
Regency Gilt Metal Mounted Tilt-Top Mirrored Occasional Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
A stylish and fine quality Regency period rosewood tilt-top occasional table with an inset mirrored top, framed by a gilt metal edge, the side with gadrooned decoration, supported on a hexagonal column...
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1820s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass
Dutch Folk Art “Hindeloopen” Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine early 19th century Dutch folk painted folding table, Friesland, circa 1820, having a dished oval top, the obverse painted with a harbor scen...
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19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
Kartell T-Table by Patricia Urquiola in Crystal
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A line of tables in three heights. The surface of the T-table top alternates fullness and space to create an elegant and precious effect which is reminiscent of embroidery.
It com...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Plastic
19th Century English Tilt-Top Game Checkerboard or Card Table
Located in Stamford, CT
A 19th century English tilt-top game checkerboard or card table. This single pedestal flip top game table sits on a tri pod base and is fu...
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Late 19th Century George I Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
English Chippendale Mahogany Shell End Table
Located in New York, NY
20th century English Chippendale style mahogany tilt-top end table with shell design carving to top edge.
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20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Burl Birch Tilt-Top Square Table on Pedestal Base
Located in Miami, FL
An exceptional 18th century Swedish Gustavian tilt-top table with a patchwork birch, burl rootwood top over a turned birch column that rests on a tripod pedestal base with cabriole l...
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Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Birch, Burl
18th Century Mahogany Tripod Table with Decorative Gallery
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th century mahogany tripod table having a wonderfully figured top decorated with a gallery around the edge, the gallery consisting of various turned spindles, supported on a turned...
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1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French 1880s Painted Wine Tasting Table with Round Tilt-Top and Trestle Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French painted wood wine tasting table from the late 19th century, with circular top, trestle base and wedge. Created in France during the last quarter of the 19th century, this painted wine...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
Anglo Indian Carved Tilt Top Table
Located in Wilson, NC
Anglo Indian carved tilt top table, with a quadrafoil platform base. It has an acanthus carved stem while the top is carved with a repeating leaf...
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1880s British Indian Ocean Territory Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Teak
Onyx and Brass Bamboo Tilt-Top Table
Located in Hanover, MA
Beyond Gorgeosity presents this one-of-a-kind tilt-top table, crafted entirely by hand in our own studio. We selected a specimen of beautifully veined and colored Italian onyx for the round base and tilt top which we polished and banded in 24-karat gold plated brass. The bamboo form pedestal stem is lathe turned brushed solid brass which has also been electroplated in 24-karat gold, including the tilt mechanism and 1950s Italian finial...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Onyx, Gold Plate, Brass
French Vintner's Wine Tasting Table with Tilt-Top & Butterfly Wedge Support
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage French vintner's wine tasting table. This French wine tasting table has the typical tilt top, and butterfly wedge support. The table is nicely raised and supported by its trestle base and thickly carved legs. The wood is a beautiful light to medium toned brown with an excellent and rich patina, which we believe adds charm and history to this piece. As a space saving option, the table can be stored up against the wall with the top vertical. In this upright titled position, it stands 52 inches tall. The table measures 4 ft diameter, making a great size for breakfast area or wine cellar. This vintage table is a truly excellent example of a French wine tasting or vintners table...
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19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
Rare 19th Century Pont Du Gard Aqueduct Grand Tour Mother of Pearl Tripod Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare 19th century Grand Tour tilt top table hand painted with a scene of the Pon Du Gard Aqueduct in the south of France
This table is pure art furniture, it is sublime from every angle, its based on a normal Victorian tilt top tripod table, the frame is ebonized, hand painted, the top is paper mâché, again hand painted with lots of mother or pearl inlay
The scene depicts what looks like workers or fisherman, these seem to be Chinese so perhaps visiting France! We have cleaned waxed and polished it from top to bottom, it is in very good order throughout
Pont du Gard...
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Stunning 19th Century Hand Crafted and Hand Carved, Solid Oak Tilt-Top Table
Located in Lisse, NL
Highly stylish and beautifully decorative antique table.
Antique tilt top tables are almost always beautiful, practical and very well made. However, if you are looking for one, then...
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19th Century European Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass
Onyx and Metal Base Side Table
Located in Sheffield, MA
This elegant and beautiful serpentine shaped onyx stone top sits on a metal frame base. Table will complement a number of different rooms in your home as side table, end table or an ...
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20th Century Hollywood Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Onyx
Oval Biedermeier Cherrywood Tilt-Top Table, Swedish, circa 1820
Located in San Francisco, CA
Unusual Biedermeier style oval shape cherrywood table with a tilt-top, supported on a center column with three splayed ebonized supports attached to a tripartite base and siting on e...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Cherry
Hollywood Regency Bronze Dessert Stand, Étagère, Maison Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
A three-tier bronze and mahogany beveled glass dessert stand in the manner of Maison Jansen. The burgundy colored column form sides terminating in bronz...
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Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass
Shelve Midcentury Italian Design Geometric Shape Mahogany Glass Minimal Design
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Shelve midcentury Italian design geometric shape mahogany glass minimal design.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Kartell T-Table by Patricia Urquiola in Black
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A line of tables in three heights. The surface of the T-table top alternates fullness and space to create an elegant and precious effect which is reminiscent of embroidery.
It com...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Plastic
Tilt-Top Japanese Table with Mixed Woods
Located in Water Mill, NY
Mixed wood Japanese 19th century tilt-top table.
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
George III Mahogany Tilt Top Table, circa 1760
Located in valatie, NY
George III mahogany tilt top table with a ribbon and leaf carved edge, raised on a carved and turned center post, with three out-swept cabriole legs with acanthus leaf carved knees. ...
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18th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Midcentury Chromed Steel Italian Coffee Table with Crystal Glass Top, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful chromed steel coffee table with crystal glass top. This amazing piece was produced in Italy during 1970s.
This midcentury maste...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
18th Century Mahogany Tripod Table
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th century mahogany tripod table of large proportions, the circular mahogany top sitting on a birdcage mount so you can turn the t...
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1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Folding Paper Mâché Tea Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century black and gold painted paper mâché folding table.
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19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century George III Mahogany Circular Tip Up Table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th century George III mahogany circular tip up table on tripod base. The circular top on a turned pod, carved with acanthus leaves on the knee terminati...
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1780s Irish George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Louis XVI Style Two-Tier Mahogany Bouillotte Round Table in Style of Jansen
Located in Miami, FL
Louis XVI style two-tiered side table from France featuring a sun marquetry on the bottom shelf. Both feature brass galleries and the piece is supported by four tapered legs with bro...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Bronze
Pie Crust Tilt-Top Tea Table
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Elegant tea table with an unusually shaped top, having a raised and scalloped carved edge, resting on a baluster column carved with foliate design and supported by three cabriole leg...
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19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wonderful Gilt Tole Baguès Jansen Bamboo Vintage Mirrored Tray Top Serving Table
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful gilt tole Baguès, Jansen style bamboo form vintage mirrored removable tray top serving side table finished with handles on both ends.
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1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mirror
Regency Mahogany Tilt Top Supper Table
Located in Montreal, QC
Regency solid mahogany tilt-top eight lobes and dished supper table, shell forms separating each lobe, raised on turned column over four ribbed down swept legs terminating in brass h...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass
English 1870s Oak Tilt-Top Table with Turned Pedestal and Tripod Scrolling Feet
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English oak tilt-top table from the late 19th century, with pedestal tripod base. Created in England during the third quarter of the 19th century, this oak table features a rectan...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Oak
Antique Serving Table, Victorian Carved Oak Console Table, France, 1890
Located in Miami, FL
Antique serving table, Victorian carved walnut console table or hall table, antique furniture, France, 1890 .
Finish carved panel back with plat...
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Walnut
Biedermeier Revival Faux Bois Tilt-Top Pedestal Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful faux bois table top painted to mimic burled birch, "masurbjork". Blackened tripod pedestal base with peg to hold top into place.
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Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
18th Century George III Mahogany Occasional Tilt-Top Table
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century George III mahogany occasional tip-up table. The circular top on bird cage pod with three out splayed legs.
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1780s Irish George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Midcentury Chromed Steel Italian Coffee Table with Smoked Glass Round Top, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful coffee table in chromed steel with smoked round glass top. This fantastic item was produced in Italy during the 1960s.
This atomic-style Italian coffee table features a ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Kartell Thierry Table by Piero Lissoni in Blue
By Piero Lissoni, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Thierry is a family of highly characteristic occasional tables that make an inspired use of colour. Each table can have 3 or 4 different colours and can be assembled in various ways....
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Plastic
Victorian Sycamore Wood Mother of Pearl Inlay Round Tilt-Top Occasional Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this sublime Victorian Sycamore wood with mother of pearl inlay round tilt-top occasional table
A very good looking and collectable table, sycam...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Sycamore
19th Century Large Quality Antique William IV Centre/Tilt Top Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
19th century large quality antique William IV centre/tilt top table having an impressive quality mahogany top supported by a glorious hexagonal column and standing on a platform base...
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Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Other
English Chippendale Mahogany Table
Located in New York, NY
20th century English Chippendale style mahogany pedestal base end table with spindle gallery tilt-top.
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20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
American Federal Mahogany Tilt-Top Scalloped Table
Located in New York, NY
American Federal mahogany rectangular scalloped tilt-top end table on a turned pedestal tripod base.
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20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
American Chinese Chippendale Tripod Tilt Top Table - Co. of Master Craftsmen
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a LOVELY Early 20th century American piece, made circa 1930.
Chinese Chippendale Style Tilt-top tripod table with frieze Gallery.
Made of solid dark mahogany.
Great condition!
Manufactured by the 'Company of Master Craftsmen' and is correctly stamped in the base of the tilt-top, with an eagle crest. and the serial numbers 'D16389' and 'J1524'.
Would have been retailed by W.& J. Sloane in New York City.
Provenance: Bought from a reputable Dealer in Ireland.
Dimensions: Top Down: 28.5 in High with diameter of top being 23 in
Top Up: 39 in High
THE Company of Master Craftsmen: The Company of Master Craftsmen was founded in 1925 as a subsidiary of W. & J. Sloane. W. & J. Sloane, based in New York City, was one of the oldest and most established furniture makers and retailers in the U.S. It had a history of furnishing many of the finest homes in the country including the Breakers and the White House.
William Sloane Coffin Sr., who was President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and an executive with the Sloane Company, founded the Company of Master Craftsmen to make colonial style furniture. The company worked closely with the Metropolitan Museum’s American wing, reproducing rare pieces from the collection to decorate the homes and offices of many of New York’s and the country’s elite. The Company’s production was quite limited during its’ thirty years in business making their pieces quite rare and very collectible. Today, a number of museums including the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the M.F.A. in Boston have Company of Master Craftsmen pieces in their permanent collections as examples of Fine “revival” furniture.
W. & J. Sloane: The company was founded as a rug importer and seller on March 2, 1843, by William Sloane who had just emigrated from Kilmarnock, Scotland, a town famous for weaving Fine carpets and rugs. In 1852 his younger brother John W. Sloane joined the firm, when it was renamed W. & J. Sloane. It was the first company to import oriental carpets into the United States. It soon expanded to include furniture and other home furnishings, and quickly became the choice of the elite in New York. In the late 19th century the company added an antiques department, started producing furniture, and became the first home furnishings store in the country, Billing itself as "W. & J. Sloane Interior Decorators and Home Furnishers." Its flagship store was originally located at Broadway and 19th Street, in "Ladies' Mile", relocating later to 414 Fifth Avenue at 38th Street, former flagship of Franklin Simon & Co.
In 1891, W. & J. Sloane incorporated and set the national decorating taste of the United States, and over the next sixty years decorated the homes of the most prominent people in the country, including the Breakers and the White House, created Hollywood movie sets, and even designed and decorated interiors of automobiles. It opened a branch in San Francisco, California originally to furnish pavilions at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition (it also furnished the model homes at the 1939 New York World's Fair). It later acquired other upscale firms such as the California Furniture Company, and in 1925 a subsidiary, the Company of Master Craftsmen was founded by William Sloane Coffin, Sr. (the father of Rev. William Sloane Coffin) to create colonial revival furniture. During World War II the company worked with the Newport News Company and the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company on shipbuilding contracts for the United States Navy fitting out the interiors of liberty ships under the direction of John Sloane...
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Early 20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Custom Walnut Wood Oval Table with Wishbone Stretcher by Dos Gallos Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom oval walnut wine tasting dining table with wishbone shaped support and column trestle base. Shown here in walnut with a medium distres...
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21st Century and Contemporary American French Provincial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Oak, Walnut
Wonderful Gilt Tole Bagues Jansen Bamboo Vintage Mirrored Tray Top Serving Table
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful gilt tole Bagues, Jansen style bamboo form vintage mirrored removable tray top serving side table finished with handles on both ends.
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1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mirror
Louis XVI French Mahogany Ormolu Mounted Dessert Console Table , 1780
Located in Rome, IT
Extraordinary French D-shaped Console Dessert with white statuary marble top adorned with a pierced ormolu gallery.
. The central drawer, with original finely chiseled ormolu decor...
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Antique Swiss Black Forest Chairs w. Matching Tilt-Top Table, Late 1800s
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning hand carved Black Forest hall set with marquetry inlay.
These very well crafted pieces of Black Forest furniture are an incredible sight to see. The workmanship and the lar...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
Georgian Mahogany Tilt-Top Wine Table
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Georgian mahogany tilt-top wine table
This lovely table it stands on a three footed base with brass casters and has a attractive turned centre leg
The 1 piece rectangular mahogan...
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Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
George III Period Mahogany Tilt-Top Dessert Table, circa 1780
Located in Atlanta, GA
A George III period tilt-top dessert table in mahogany, with a 'pie-crust' edge and featuring carved shell and rocaille designs. The table is mounted through a bird-cage action on a ...
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1780s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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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.
Find antique and vintage tilt-top tables and dessert tables in various styles and finishes on 1stDibs.