Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1700s Italian Romantic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1840s European Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Rosewood
17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century American Country Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
18th Century Classical Roman Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1760s Scottish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1710s Italian Louis XIV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Walnut
20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Irish Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
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
1760s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
18th Century and Earlier Welsh Baroque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 1800s French Romantic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper, Walnut
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
1780s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
Early 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Onyx, Gold Plate, Brass
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
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 English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Late 19th Century North American Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
19th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper
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
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
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
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
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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