Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Resin
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Other
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer, Birch, Pine, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bamboo, Lacquer
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
1840s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
1850s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer, Paint, Paper
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Paper
20th Century French Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Silver Plate
Early 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century George I Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1780s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1870s English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Silver
1780s Irish George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
18th Century and Earlier Welsh Baroque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass
Early 20th Century French Country Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
19th Century English Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
1850s French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
2010s Italian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass
19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1760s Scottish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bamboo, Lacquer
Late 20th Century Baroque Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1960s French Directoire Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ceramic
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-19th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paint
1970s Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plexiglass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1820s Swedish Empire Antique 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.
Find antique and vintage tilt-top tables and dessert tables in various styles and finishes on 1stDibs.