Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ebony, Satinwood, Walnut, Burl
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass, Wood
1970s French Louis XVI Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Sycamore
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Hardwood
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s Irish George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1770s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1750s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nutwood
Late 19th Century British Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Padouk
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Kingwood
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1860s French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Scagliola, Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1980s Chippendale Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine, Lacquer
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Gold
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
20th Century Scandinavian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut
Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
18th Century English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer, Birch, Pine, Giltwood
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century American Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1850s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Other
19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Mahogany
Late 19th Century Belle Époque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-18th Century English George II 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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