Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
1770s Irish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
20th Century Hollywood Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Onyx
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 20th Century Taiwanese Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century American Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Textile, Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1770s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1900s French Baroque Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cast Stone, Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
1780s Irish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century French Gothic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1770s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century Belle Époque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century North American Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Onyx, Gold Plate, Brass
Mid-20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century American Sheraton Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1750s Irish Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
2010s Mexican Minimalist Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Stone, Stainless Steel
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century English Elizabethan Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
1780s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Minimalist Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Stone, Stainless Steel
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1920s French Louis XV Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
1810s Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
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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