Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century British Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Paint
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Zebra Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
Late 19th Century British Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
19th Century French Spanish Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1770s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century European Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
Early 1800s French Romantic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper, Walnut
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1770s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Iron
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
1780s Irish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fabric, Pine
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Tortoise Shell, Mahogany
1750s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1850s French Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Queen Anne 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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