Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Bronze
Late 20th Century American American Colonial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century French Gustavian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nutwood
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
1980s Chippendale Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
1970s Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Parchment Paper
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Gold
1970s Federal Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Rustic Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1970s French Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century Taiwanese Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1990s Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome
Late 20th Century Spanish Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome
1970s Federal Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
1990s Italian Art Deco Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
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.