Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1870s French Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1830s English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry, Walnut
Mid-19th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1880s Burmese Anglo-Indian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1880s Danish Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1860s English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Giltwood, Paint
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Iron
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century European Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Walnut
1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century European Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Paper
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1880s British Indian Ocean Territory Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Teak
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1810s Italian Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
Early 1800s English Hepplewhite Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Satinwood, Mahogany
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Tortoise Shell, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1860s British Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
Early 1800s French Romantic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Paper
19th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Softwood
1820s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century European Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1870s English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Silver
Early 19th Century Dutch Biedermeier Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood, Mahogany
Late 19th Century George I Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English 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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