Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Other
Early 19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Hardwood
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Lacquer
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple, Walnut
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Satinwood
1780s English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century English George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 20th Century American Rustic Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1830s English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
20th Century Rustic Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Gold
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1970s Federal Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century Belle Époque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Early 20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood, Fruitwood, Wood, Ebony, Maple
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Late 19th Century American American Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
1830s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
18th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bamboo, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Late 19th Century North American Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1840s European Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Rosewood
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
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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