Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1860s Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1780s English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century Scandinavian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century English Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
19th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s French Louis XVI Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple, Walnut
18th Century English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1770s American Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Queen Anne Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Mid-20th Century American Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1810s American Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Art Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut, Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
1780s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 18th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1770s Irish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
Early 1800s English Hepplewhite Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
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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