Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary British Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut, Burl
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
1740s English Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s Federal Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1890s British Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1760s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Padouk
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Aluminum
Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut, Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century Irish Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1920s French Louis XV Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
20th Century Italian Chinese Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s Federal Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1940s French Rococo Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-20th Century American Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
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
1760s Irish George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1860s English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Paint
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 20th Century Taiwanese Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry, Walnut
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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