Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paint, Paper
1840s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
1980s Chippendale Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Chrome
20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Queen Anne Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Early 20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century English Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
Early 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wrought Iron
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Hardwood
18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
18th Century Italian Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Late 19th Century American Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
Mid-19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Other
1840s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Birch
17th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century British Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Lacquer
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nutwood, Bakelite
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Hardwood
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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