Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Softwood
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Oak, Walnut
1860s High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Minimalist Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Stone, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
1840s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Minimalist Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Stone, Stainless Steel
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Paint
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
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
18th Century and Earlier British 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
Marble, Steel
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
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Paint
20th Century British Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1780s Irish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
18th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
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
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Burl
1770s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
20th Century British Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
18th Century Classical Roman Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
Early 20th Century American Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Textile, Glass
1810s Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1860s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
19th Century American Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
19th Century French Spanish Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
Early 20th Century American Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century French Gothic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
19th Century British Antique 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.
Find antique and vintage tilt-top tables and dessert tables in various styles and finishes on 1stDibs.





