Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mid-19th Century British Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
1970s French Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ceramic, Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1810s American Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch, Pine
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century American Edwardian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Elm
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-18th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Composition
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century Swedish Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Paint
19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century American George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Metal
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
20th Century Italian Chinese Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century Irish Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
Early 1900s French Baroque Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cast Stone, Iron
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Tortoise Shell, Mahogany
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Glass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Queen Anne Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Beech, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century American British Colonial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
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.
Find antique and vintage tilt-top tables and dessert tables in various styles and finishes on 1stDibs.





