Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Gold
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
20th Century European Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1760s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Mahogany
1860s Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century British George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1820s English George IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ebony, Mahogany
18th Century George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s French Louis XVI Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary British Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 1800s French Romantic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper, Walnut
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1770s Irish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
18th Century English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century English Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s Federal Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1890s British Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut, Wood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Other Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass, Walnut
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
19th Century Italian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
18th Century and Earlier Welsh Baroque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry, Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
17th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English Chippendale 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.
Find antique and vintage tilt-top tables and dessert tables in various styles and finishes on 1stDibs.





