Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1820s English Sheraton Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century American American Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper
19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Early 1900s French Baroque Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cast Stone, Iron
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Belle Époque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple, Walnut
1840s English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1820s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut
Early 19th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Wood
19th Century Swedish Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Paint
1830s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Other
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Brass
1850s English Chinoiserie Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Stone
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
Late 19th Century William and Mary Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
1830s English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century North American Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1830s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper, Wood, Paint
1840s European Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Rosewood
1820s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1810s American Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1860s English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Paint
1840s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
Late 19th Century French Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1820s English George IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ebony, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rococo Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Teak
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
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.