Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
Early 20th Century American Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Paint
1870s English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Silver
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1790s American Hepplewhite Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Softwood
Early 1900s French Baroque Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cast Stone, Iron
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Onyx, Gold Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
1710s Italian Louis XIV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
Early 20th Century American Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze, Ormolu
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
1780s British George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
1840s European Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Rosewood
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
18th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nutwood
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
2010s Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Early 20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Italian Charles X Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
Early 1900s British Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bamboo
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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