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Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables For Sale
Georgian Plumwood Tea Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Georgian plumwood tilt-top table having richly grained two plank top over balustrade turned shaft and standing on slipper feet, the whole possessing good nutty color and retaining or...
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Late 18th Century English Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
Early 19th century Georgian mahogany tripod table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 19th century Georgian mahogany tripod table circa 1800.
Good quality late Georgian mahogany with circular dish top. Supported by bird cage spindles and a turned stem, standing...
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century English Inlaid Tilt-Top Table
Located in High Point, NC
19th century tilt-top table from England made from mahogany and rosewood. The top has a beveled edge around a band of rosewood with inlaid patterns of florals, vines and fruits. The ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood, Satinwood
Lovely Antique Victorian English Walnut Tilt Top Side Occasional Tripod Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original restored Victorian circa 1880 walnut tilt top tripod side occasional table
A very good looking and well made piece, ideal...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Walnut
Cesare Lacca Serving Trolley
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Brussel, BE
Cesare Lacca serving trolley with an amazing shape. Really good condition.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
Dining Table Inspired by Charlotte Perriand's Sandoz Stool Design
By Mobichalet
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Dining table inspired by Charlotte Perriand's Sandoz stool design by NONO
Take a seat at the dining table inspired by the iconic Sandoz stool by Charlotte Perriand. This table boast...
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2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Georgian Mahogany Tilt Top Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Sublime Victorian Polychrome Painted Parcel Gilt Tilt-Top Occasional Wine Table
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite Victorian circa 1860 Polychrome painted parcel gilt tilt top occasional table
A very well made and ornately decorated table. It i...
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1860s English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
One of a Kind Glass Table
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Glass table artistically made of combination of vintage art glass ,cut glass ,press glass and porcelain flower , put together to be beautiful table for use in display or use in any f...
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20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Art Glass
Ormolu-Mounted Sèvres Porcelain Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A 19th Century French Sevres Style Hand Painted Bronze Mounted porcelain side Table.
Circa 1870
Origin: France
Height: 32″
Width: 24″
Depth: 19″
Style: Louis XV
Material: Bronz...
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19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Bronze
19th Century papier mache and painted mother of pearl inlaid tilt-top table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Superb quality table very much in the manner of jennings and bettridge
Features a scene and is inscribed 'babelsberg the residence of frederic willian'
Babelsberg palace is the lar...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Paint, Paper
Socle Series No15, Console Tables by NONO, Wood Elegance
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Socle Series No15, Console Tables by NONO, Wood Elegance
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Introducing the "Socle Dining Table Series" by NONO, a distinguished expansion of our beloved side table collection, envi...
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2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Hardwood
19th Century English Mahogany Tilt-Top Serving Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century English mahogany tilt-top serving table
Fantastic tilt-top serving table made from solid mahogany. Hand carved and custom made. Sitting atop a hand carved pedestal ba...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
American Chinese Chippendale Tripod Tilt Top Table - Co. of Master Craftsmen
By Company of Master Craftsmen
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a LOVELY Early 20th century American piece, made circa 1930.
Chinese Chippendale Style Tilt-top tripod table with frieze Gallery.
Made of solid dark mahogany.
Great condition!
Manufactured by the 'Company of Master Craftsmen' and is correctly stamped in the base of the tilt-top, with an eagle crest. and the serial numbers 'D16389' and 'J1524'.
Would have been retailed by W.& J. Sloane in New York City.
Provenance: Bought from a reputable Dealer in Ireland.
Dimensions: Top Down: 28.5 in High with diameter of top being 23 in
Top Up: 39 in High
THE Company of Master Craftsmen: The Company of Master Craftsmen was founded in 1925 as a subsidiary of W. & J. Sloane. W. & J. Sloane, based in New York City, was one of the oldest and most established furniture makers and retailers in the U.S. It had a history of furnishing many of the finest homes in the country including the Breakers and the White House.
William Sloane Coffin Sr., who was President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and an executive with the Sloane Company, founded the Company of Master Craftsmen to make colonial style furniture. The company worked closely with the Metropolitan Museum’s American wing, reproducing rare pieces from the collection to decorate the homes and offices of many of New York’s and the country’s elite. The Company’s production was quite limited during its’ thirty years in business making their pieces quite rare and very collectible. Today, a number of museums including the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the M.F.A. in Boston have Company of Master Craftsmen pieces in their permanent collections as examples of Fine “revival” furniture.
W. & J. Sloane: The company was founded as a rug importer and seller on March 2, 1843, by William Sloane who had just emigrated from Kilmarnock, Scotland, a town famous for weaving Fine carpets and rugs. In 1852 his younger brother John W. Sloane joined the firm, when it was renamed W. & J. Sloane. It was the first company to import oriental carpets into the United States. It soon expanded to include furniture and other home furnishings, and quickly became the choice of the elite in New York. In the late 19th century the company added an antiques department, started producing furniture, and became the first home furnishings store in the country, Billing itself as "W. & J. Sloane Interior Decorators and Home Furnishers." Its flagship store was originally located at Broadway and 19th Street, in "Ladies' Mile", relocating later to 414 Fifth Avenue at 38th Street, former flagship of Franklin Simon & Co.
In 1891, W. & J. Sloane incorporated and set the national decorating taste of the United States, and over the next sixty years decorated the homes of the most prominent people in the country, including the Breakers and the White House, created Hollywood movie sets, and even designed and decorated interiors of automobiles. It opened a branch in San Francisco, California originally to furnish pavilions at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition (it also furnished the model homes at the 1939 New York World's Fair). It later acquired other upscale firms such as the California Furniture Company, and in 1925 a subsidiary, the Company of Master Craftsmen was founded by William Sloane Coffin, Sr. (the father of Rev. William Sloane Coffin) to create colonial revival furniture. During World War II the company worked with the Newport News Company and the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company on shipbuilding contracts for the United States Navy fitting out the interiors of liberty ships under the direction of John Sloane...
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Early 20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Geo III Mahogany Butlers Tray on Stand, Perfect for a Bar, Great Color, Patina
Located in Buchanan, MI
Geo III mahogany butlers tray on stand, perfect for a bar, great color, patina. Height to surface is 32" and to top of rail 37".
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18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Table 2 Tier Dumbwaiter
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of An
Antique Table 2 Tier...
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Mid-20th Century French Provincial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Large Quality Antique William IV Centre/Tilt Top Table
Located in Suffolk, GB
19th century large quality antique William IV centre/tilt top table having an impressive quality mahogany top supported by a glorious hexagonal column and standing on a platform base...
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Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Other
Serve it Up with Style, Socle Serving Tables by Joel Escalona No27
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Serve it Up with Style, Socle Serving Tables by Joel Escalona No27
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Introducing the "Socle Dining Table Series" by NONO, a distinguished expansion of our beloved side table collec...
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2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Swedish Tilt Top Table / Pillar Table with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th century Swedish tilt top table / dessert table from Skellefteå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden.
Scraped by hand to its original paint.
Turned base supported by beautifully carve...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Pine
Early Victorian 19th century walnut inlaid tilt top occasional table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early Victorian 19th century walnut inlaid tilt top occasional table circa 1840.
Beautifully inlaid in a symmetrical pattern with walnut, birch, coromandel and various burrs, with o...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Birch, Oak, Walnut
Contemporary Modern Charlotte Dining Table in Lacquer in Yellow by Collector
Located in Castelo da Maia, PT
Contemporary Modern Charlotte Dining Table in Lacquer in RAL 1005 by Collector
It’s as if a huge block of wood was turned on a massive lathe, making it look like its revolved shape ...
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2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Oak
Antique Tilt Top Occasional Table, English, Oak, Side, Lamp, Georgian, C.1780
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique tilt top occasional table. An English, oak side or lamp table, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1780.
Excellent example of 18th century craftsmanship, with appealing figuring
Displays a desirable aged patina and in good original order
Select oak stocks present fine grain interest and wisps of medullary rays
Quality wax polish finish hosts deep caramel hues
Generously sized top with a diameter of 85.5cm (33.75'')
Releasing the antique iron latch...
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Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Oak
Serve with Style, Socle Serving Tables in Solid Wood by NONO No21
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Serve with Style, Socle Serving Tables in Solid Wood by NONO No21
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Introducing the "Socle Dining Table Series" by NONO, a distinguished expansion of our beloved side table collec...
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2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Two-Tier Pastry Table
By Adam Weisweiler
Located in Long Island City, NY
An interesting late 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze-mounted two-tier pastry table
Round marble-top table centered with an upper tier with a p...
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze
English Georgian Period Oak and Elmwood Tilt-Top Tripod Table, Late 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Georgian tilt-top occasional table, circa 1780, featuring a well-patinated oak circular top over a turned elmwood pedestal and tripod base. Original iron latch mechanism intact.
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Late 18th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Elm, Oak
19th Century English Mahogany Tilt-Top Table
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English tilt-top table made from mahogany. The top is made from the most glorious flame mahogany and has been placed in a pattern to look like a starburst. It is one of ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Late Victorian Walnut Galleried Tilt-Top Table, Circa 1890s
Located in Germantown, MD
An exquisite late Victorian Walnut Galleried Tilt-Top tripod Table in great antique condition.
Measures 25.75 in Width x 25.75 in Depth x 29" in Height flat and 41" in height tilted.
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Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Walnut
Socle by Joel Escalona, Conference Tables, Design Meets Function No19
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Socle by Joel Escalona, Conference Tables, Design Meets Function No19
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Introducing the "Socle Dining Table Series" by NONO, a distinguished expansion of our beloved side table co...
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2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Chromed Steel and Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite Coffee Table, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Fantastic Mid-Century rectangular Italian coffee table in chromed steel with a stunning tortoiseshell-effect lucite top. This gorgeous and unique piece was designed in Italy during t...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Antique Mersman Mahogany Lyre Base 3 Tier Dumbwaiter Table
Located in Germantown, MD
This early 1900s table would be wonderful in a entryway filled with flowers, or used to serve food at an event. It is in great condition - very solid and well built. However it does ...
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Early 20th Century American British Colonial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Game Tables by Socle No17, NONO Design, Solid Wood Play
Located in Ciudad de México, CDMX
Game Tables by Socle No17, NONO Design, Solid Wood Play
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Introducing the "Socle Dining Table Series" by NONO, a distinguished expansion of our beloved side table collection, envi...
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2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Bamboo Tiered Dessert Server
Located in Forney, TX
A three tier bamboo dessert server or tea table from the late 19th to early 20th century. Likely English, having an octagonal shaped black lacquered top...
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Early 20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Pair of Mid 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Console/Dessert Tables, Winckelsen
Located in Long Island City, NY
An excellent quality pair of mid 19th century gilt bronze mounted Louis XVI style console / dessert tables attributed to Winckelsen
Attributed to Charles-Guillaume Winckelsen
The d...
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Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Mid Georgian Solid Walnut Tripod or Wine Table One Piece Tilt Top, circa 1760
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an elegant and beautifully proportioned solid hardwood, possibly walnut, tripod table or wine table with a tilting top and dates to the Mid Georgian Chippendale period, circa...
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Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Walnut
Large Side Table Round Tripod-Shaped with Lion-Shaped Legs
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Round tripod-shaped side table with lion-shaped legs
It has a brown color with a nice vet on the leg, the lion's claw
It has a good size, ideal as a side table as it can serve ...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Chromed Steel Italian Coffee Table with Smoked Glass Round Top, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful coffee table in chromed steel with smoked round glass top. This fantastic item was produced in Italy during the 1960s.
This atomic-style Italian coffee table features a ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Steel, Chrome
19th Century English Mahogany Tilt-Top Table
Located in High Point, NC
19th century Mahogany tilt-top table from England. The top is made from the most wonderful and richly grained mahogany you have ever seen. The top has a beveled edge and it sits on a...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Victorian Tilt-Top Mahogany Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Century Victorian Tilt-Top Mahogany Side Table
Measures 24" in width, 19.75" in depth and 27.75" in height and 41" in height with top tilted.
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Mid-20th Century American Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
19th century Swedish alder root square tilt top table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century Swedish alder root square tilt top table circa 1860.
Good quality piece of mid 19th century Swedish furniture, using alder root veneers to make a near square top surfac...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Birch
Antique Tilting Lamp Table, English, Flame, Occasional, Side, Regency circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique tilting lamp table. An English, flame mahogany occasional table, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820.
Striking figuring graces t...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
Vintage Burl Dumbwaiter Att. to Charak
Located in New York, NY
Stunning bench made oversize dumbwaiter with tiered shelves. This example is in very good original condition, clean and ready to use. Burl shelves with banded inlay trim, carved cabr...
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Early 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Mahogany, Burl
Swedish 19th Century Gateleg Tilt Top Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
An impressive 19th century Swedish gateleg tilt top table. Eight pointed starburst in the center and an encompassing border, done in light gray paint, ...
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19th Century Swedish Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Wood, Hardwood, Paint
Antique Tilt Top Wine Table, English, Side, Lamp, Occasional, William IV, C.1835
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique tilt top wine table. An English, mahogany side or lamp table, dating to the the William IV period, circa 1835.
Fine example of William IV craftsmanship with usefu...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
Mid Georgian Solid Walnut Wine or Tripod Table One Piece Tilt Top, circa 1760
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an elegant and beautifully proportioned solid hardwood, tripod table or wine table with a tilting top and dates to the Mid Georgian Chippendale period, circa 1760.
The circu...
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Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Hardwood, Walnut
Italian Mid-Century Art Deco Side Round Table in Walnut Restored Polished to Wax
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-Century 1940s Art Deco side round table or service table in walnut polished to wax. Very useful three-level table
Measure cm: Height 85, diameter 88.
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1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Walnut
Mahogany & Cross-banded Tripod table
Located in Huntington, NY
Mahogany & Cross-banded Tripod table
Tilt top
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Swedish Tilt Top Table / Pedestal Table with Original Paint
Located in Boden, SE
19th Century Swedish Tilt Top table from Skellefteå Västerbottem, Northern Sweden.
Beautiful table scraped by hand to its well preserved original paint.
Turned base supported by b...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Pine
Georgian Mahogany Carved Tripod Table with Piecrust Top
Located in Folkestone, GB
A delightful mid Georgian mahogany tripod table with superb carved decoration throughout. The tilting piecrust top supported on a revolving 'birdcage' stem and profusely carved tripo...
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Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Mahogany Tilt Top Needlepoint Hemisphere Inset Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th Century Mahogany Tilt Top Needlepoint Eastern Hemisphere In set with glass Table
Measures 23" in width, 23" in depth ,29.5" in height and 43" in height with top tilted.
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Early 20th Century American Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Textile, Glass
George II Mahogany Dumbwaiter
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine George II mahogany dumbwaiter, the three-tier graduated dumbwaiter with dish top shelves, a tapered central pedestal with carved spiral-turn...
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1780s English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Custom Made Philadelphia Fruitwood Pie Crust Tilt Top Table, Circa 1940s
Located in Germantown, MD
This is a 20th century cabinet maker's custom made copy of a Philadelphia 18th Century pie crust birdcage tilt top table.
Pedestal Tripod Bal...
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Mid-20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century English Tilt-Top Table with Paint Finish
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Round 19th Century English William IV table with tilt-top mechanism.
This table has been ingeniously updated and painted with this geometric design of the face of a compass and featu...
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Late 19th Century English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th Century carved mahogany tripod table
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th Century mahogany tripod table having a wonderfully figured top with a piecrust edge, supported on an elegant turned column terminating with three slender shaped and carved legs....
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1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Queen Anne Mahogany Tea Table With Gallery . Circa 1750
Located in Charleston, SC
Queen Anne mahogany one drawer tea table with carved fret work gallery, original brasses, carved scalloped skirt, and terminating on cabriole legs wi...
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1750s Irish Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass
Swedish 19th century alder root tilt top side table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish 19th century alder root tilt top side table circa 1860.
Fine quality square top table made from alder root. Top when down is secured by peg and latch and provides a stable ...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Birch, Pine
Early 19th Century English Tilt-Top Table
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early 19th century tilt-top side table, English. George IV to William IV period. Rectangular top with rounded corners, raised on molded tripod base with very well turned standard. Fi...
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Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
Kartell Square Glossy Table in Marble White Chrome Frame by Antonio Citterio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The TopTop table line is distinguished by its leg which can be either a round or square transparent section with a multi-faceted surface and metal core.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Marble, Steel
Large 52" Diameter Round Tilt Top Rosewood Empire Dining Breakfast Table MINT!
By J. Horner
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Large 52" Diameter Round Tilt Top Rosewood Empire Dining Breakfast Table MINT!
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Rosewood
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.