Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Composition
19th Century American Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
19th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper
18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
2010s Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Softwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
1770s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1940s French Neoclassical Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
1870s English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Silver
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 1800s English Hepplewhite Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Early 1800s Irish George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1710s Italian Louis XIV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
1790s American Hepplewhite Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Satinwood, Mahogany
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
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
19th Century Sheraton Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
1880s Danish Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Italian Charles X Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood, Walnut
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
19th Century Italian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century French Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
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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