Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Glass
Early 20th Century American Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century British Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century French Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Teak
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
1770s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Iron
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
19th Century Irish Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
2010s Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Brass
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
1760s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Softwood
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Italian Charles X Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
20th Century British Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Chrome
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nickel
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Copper
Mid-20th Century American Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century French Louis XV Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1880s Danish Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1860s French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Scagliola, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
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
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Hardwood
1840s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1880s English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Sycamore
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Giltwood
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Spanish Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
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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