Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1870s Italian Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Hardwood
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1790s Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century American British Colonial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Sycamore
20th Century French Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Mid-20th Century Unknown Other Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass, Walnut
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Gold
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Resin
1750s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Parchment Paper
Late 18th Century Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
1780s Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1760s Irish George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century European Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
2010s Mexican Minimalist Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Stone, Stainless Steel
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1790s American Hepplewhite Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
1850s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1980s Chippendale Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century Unknown Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Early 19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century British 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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