Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1780s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1970s Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Parchment Paper
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
1820s English Sheraton Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century American American Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century William and Mary Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century Burmese Anglo-Indian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Upholstery, Hardwood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Tulipwood, Walnut
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
1830s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Other
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Late 20th Century French Gustavian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Chrome
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Italian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rococo Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century Swedish Other Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Birch
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine, Paint
Mid-18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
20th Century Rustic Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1770s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century British Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 20th Century Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Sicilian Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1930s Swedish Karl Johan Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
1780s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Steel
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch, Burl
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Resin
Late 18th Century English British Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1810s American Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Unknown Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1940s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Late 18th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rococo Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine, Paint
1860s British Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
19th Century French Spanish Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1850s English Chinoiserie Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Stone
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Paint, Paper
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 19th Century French High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Iron
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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