Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
20th Century American Country Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
17th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple, Walnut
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
1770s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1850s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer, Paint, Paper
Late 19th Century American George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1870s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Mid-20th Century American Queen Anne Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Mid-19th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
1840s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1770s Irish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century American Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze, Ormolu
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1780s British George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1840s European Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 19th Century American Sheraton Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century Irish Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut, Wood
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
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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