Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1960s Danish Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple, Wood
Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Burl
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1760s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Padouk
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
1920s French Louis XV Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
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
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Early 20th Century English Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1870s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 1800s French Romantic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper, Walnut
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wrought Iron
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Late 19th Century George I Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1770s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
18th Century George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Early 19th Century Unknown Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
1920s Directoire Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
1780s Irish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fabric, Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Paint
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century English British Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
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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