Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Hardwood
19th Century French Spanish Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1920s Directoire Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
20th Century Syrian Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Unknown Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1770s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Early 20th Century English Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Paint
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer, Birch, Pine, Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fabric, Pine
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Tortoise Shell, Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary British Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1860s British Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
1770s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1800s Irish George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1850s French Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
18th Century George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Late 20th Century British Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood, Ebony, Walnut
Early 20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Kingwood
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Elm
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1740s British George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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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