Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
19th Century Caribbean Dutch Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
1780s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1750s Irish Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Kingwood
18th Century and Earlier American Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass, Wood
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century American Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1960s American Post-Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Parchment Paper
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nickel
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
1880s French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Walnut
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1770s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Early 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century American Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 1900s French Régence Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Mid-19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Pine
Late 19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
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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