Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
18th Century European George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Yew
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Mid-20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 20th Century Taiwanese Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Early 20th Century American British Colonial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
1990s Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Art Glass
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1820s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rococo Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Aluminum
Early 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Burl
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1880s English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1930s Swedish Karl Johan Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1830s English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1970s Federal Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Dutch British Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century European Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
Early 20th Century British Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
1850s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer, Paint, Paper
19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
19th Century European Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1860s English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Giltwood, Paint
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Sycamore
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Spanish Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1880s Burmese Anglo-Indian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1880s Danish Other 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.
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