Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
19th Century Burmese Anglo-Indian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Upholstery, Hardwood
1830s French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Poplar, Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Fruitwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Late 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s Federal Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Other
1860s English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Giltwood, Paint
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
1760s European George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Padouk
Early 1800s French Romantic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Paper
1820s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1810s Italian Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Early 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
1840s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
1930s Swedish Karl Johan Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
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
Plastic
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century George I Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1880s British Indian Ocean Territory Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Teak
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Onyx, Gold Plate, Brass
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch, Burl
19th Century European Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
18th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 1800s English Hepplewhite Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Satinwood, Mahogany
1850s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer, Paint, Paper
18th Century and Earlier Welsh Baroque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Spanish Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
21st Century and Contemporary American French Provincial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Oak, Walnut
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1780s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1880s Burmese Anglo-Indian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1960s American Post-Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Parchment Paper
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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