Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Hardwood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1780s English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Ceramic
1760s Scottish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
18th Century English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1700s Italian Romantic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1760s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Padouk
Mid-18th Century Irish Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1760s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass, Wood
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1930s Swedish Karl Johan Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
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 Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
18th Century English Chippendale 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 Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Mahogany
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Mid-18th Century George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
1760s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
18th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century Dutch British Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
18th Century European George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Yew
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Aluminum
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1780s British George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch, Burl
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
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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