Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1850s French Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
Late 19th Century George I Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s French Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Ceramic
20th Century Hollywood Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Onyx
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 1700s Italian Romantic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
18th Century and Earlier Welsh Baroque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
20th Century Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Early 1900s French Baroque Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cast Stone, Iron
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
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 English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1860s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fabric, Pine
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Pine
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 1800s Irish George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1810s American Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1800s French Romantic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Hardwood
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Tortoise Shell, Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
1760s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
18th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 18th Century American Federal Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Burl
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
20th Century French Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Burl
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1780s English 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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