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Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1950s
In the Manner of Abel Landry, Dessert Table, France, circa 1900
By Abel Landry
Located in New York, NY
This tiered dessert table shares many features with designs typical of Abel Landry at the beginning of the 20th century. The spindles which comprise the lower part of the frame are c...
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Early 20th Century French Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Walnut
Dutch Folk Art Hindeloopen Painted Tilt Top Table, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Folk Art Hindeloopen tilt top table.
Striking Dutch design from the 1900s.
Solid pine dished oval top, standing on a folding base with three turned splayed legs ...
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Early 1900s Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Pine
Modernist wooden trolley, France, 50’s
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
Elegant Modernist wooden trolley, 1950s, France.
Very beautiful design of the walnut veneer of the tops.
Trolley mounted on wheels.
Decorative as well as useful.
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
Fine Quality French Dore' Bronze and Mahogany Directoire Dessert Tray Top Table
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous French Louis XVI or Directoire dessert table. It would have been used for eclairs or cream puffs, or for serving tea. The table features gorgeous dore' bronze ormo...
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1920s Directoire Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Bronze
Antique Side Table
Located in Nashville, TN
This faux bamboo side table exudes timeless charm with its intricate detailing and warm wooden finish. Its slender legs and delicate design add a touch of sophistication to any space...
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Early 1900s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Hardwood
Fine French 1950s Two-Tiered Walnut Console
By Jules Leleu
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine French Mid-Century two-tiered walnut console with a marble top and brass details.
Given the wood underneath the marble is finished and shows some visible cut dowels suggests t...
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1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass
Low coffee table, 1950s
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Low coffee table 1950s - Made in Italy.
Small table with simple and essential lines features a central leg with three brass feet, adjustable in height. The top is made of faux marbl...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass
English Turn of the Century Mahogany Tilt Top Center Table with Leather Top
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Turn of the Century mahogany and leather tilt top centre table with quadripod base and casters. Step into the allure of a bygone era with this exquisite Turn of the Centur...
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Early 20th Century English Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique Chippendale Carved Mahogany Pie Crust Tilt Top Table C1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Chippendale Carved Mahogany Pie Crust Tilt Top Table with Reeded Column and Carved Acanthus Cabriole Legs C1930
Measures- 28...
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Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Ferguson Bros Mfg Mahogany Pie Crust Two-Tier Dumbwaiter Tabl
Located in Germantown, MD
An Early 20th Century Ferguson Bros Mfg Co. Mahogany Pie Crust Two-Tier Dumbwaiter Table.
Top Tier is 14" in diameter and lower tier is 19" in diameter and 21.5" high. Top tier is 3...
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Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French Wine Tasting Tilt-Top Table
Located in Houston, TX
This French Country oval wine tasting table, also known as a tilt-top table, is a splendid example of rustic elegance. Crafted from solid wood, its substantial and sturdy base provid...
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Early 20th Century French Country Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique Metamorphic Table/Chair Tilt-Top Monks Bench
Located in Forney, TX
A fascinating metamorphic table / chair English oak monk's bench from the early 20th century.
Having a circular tabletop with molded edge and dec...
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Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Oak
Ice Cream Parlor Display Table, c.1900
Located in Savannah, GA
A cast iron ice cream parlor display top table with swing out seats, c.1900.
26 inches wide by 26 inches deep by 34 inches tall; stool heig...
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Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Iron
Antique French Vigneron Table
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Beautiful Oval Vigneron Table from France in A Pine Wood,
from around 1920, special oval form, steady table,
good old, original patina and shine of the wood,
can be placed on various...
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1920s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Pine
1930s Hand Crafted Mahogany Large Pie Crust Tilt-Top Table with Ball & Claw Feet
Located in Germantown, MD
Exquisite antique tilt top pie crust pedestal mahogany tea table / center table in very good vintage condition from the 1930s. Large pie crust top over a hand carved pedestal support...
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Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Wine Tasting Table or Tilt-Top Dining Table
Located in Winter Park, FL
A French Country oval wine tasting table, or tilt-top table, from the Loire Valley. Made of solid cherry wood with thick and sturdy base. Beautiful character to the wood with interes...
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Early 20th Century French Country Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Cherry
Antique Weiman Heirloom French Louis Brass Mounted Tray Top Single Drawer Table
By Weiman
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Weiman Heirloom French Louis Style Brass Mounted Tray Top Single Drawer Dessert Table
This Antique Weiman Heirloom French Louis style brass mounted tray-top single drawer dessert table is a perfect addition to any dining or bar area. It can double as a bar table or be used as two tier storage...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass
1950's Stitched leather and rattan side table by Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950's Stitched leather and rattan table by Jacques Adnet
The higher top is a tray with two handles on each side
Leather is in great condition
Rattan have a small accident on the low...
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1950s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Rattan
Antique Walnut Fliptop Side Table / Fire Screen
Located in London, GB
A wonderful antique walnut side table, this was made in England, it dates from around the 1900-1920 period.
The top tilts to be used vertically as a fire screen or horizontally as...
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Early 1900s British Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Walnut
Antique English Georgian Chippendale Style Mahogany Inlaid Oval Tilt Top Table
Located in Dayton, OH
An elegant early 20th century Georgian or Hepplewhite style mahogany tilt-top tea table / candle stand. Features an oval mahogany tabletop with inlayed neoclassical urn marquetry. ...
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Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Danish Teak Reading and Serving Table, 1950s
By HMN Denmark
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great original 1950s Danish mobile reading or serving table by HMN Denmark, two teak trays on a chrome plated frame with three casters, adjustable in he...
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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Chrome
Early 20th Century Mahogany Two-Tier Dumbwaiter Desert Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th century mahogany two-tier dumbwaiter desert table. Table measures 28" in diameter at the lower tier, 12.5" in diamter at the top tier, 17"H to the lower tier and 28" high ...
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Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
1930s Georgian Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Oval Tilt-Top Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
A 1930s Georgian style Mahogany and Satinwood Inlaid oval tilt-top side table on pedestal tripod and terminating with snake feet.
Measures 24" in width, 16" in depth and stand 39.5"...
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Early 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
WARE & CO Collectors Group Antique Mahogany Chippendale Tilt-Top Pie Crust Table
Located in Charlotte, NC
An antique Chippendale style tilt-top pie crust table by Ware & Co, from their Collectors Group. Handmade of solid mahogany with scalloped edge top, tilt mechanism, brass latch, turn...
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Early 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass
Antique English Inlaid Mahogany Tilt Top Side Table
Located in New Orleans, LA
A fine antique English Edwardian, inlaid and beautifully figured mahogany tilt top side table, circa 1900-1910, the oval top on a turned s...
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Early 20th C. Mahogany Tilt-Top Pie Crust Desert or Tea Table
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th century hand carved mahogany tilt-top pie crust desert or tea table In very good condition. Measures 26" in diameter and stands 27.5" tall flat and 40" tall flipped.
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Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
1930s Regency Mahogany Tilt-Top Tea Table with Brass Paw Feet on Wheels
Located in Germantown, MD
A 1930s Regency Mahogany Tilt-Top Tea Table with Brass Paw Feet on Wheels in very good vintage condition. Table has been recently refinished and looks and feel great. Measures 30" in...
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Early 20th Century American Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass
circa 1900 English Oak Folding Whatnot Display Table Cake Stand Lovely Patina
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely circa 1910 English oak whatnot display stand or folding cake table
A good looking, decorative and well mad...
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Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Oak
English Rattan and Bamboo Tea Table, C. 1900-1920
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a charming late 19th or early 20th century English rattan and bamboo Tea Table. The hexagonal form of the table is somewhat unusual and adds i...
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Early 20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
1950s Vintage French Trolley in Black Laquered Metal
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Trolley with two levels, square tubular structure in black lacquered metal with bottle compartments on the bottom shelf and a drawer in red moulded plastic by Charlotte Perriand.
...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Metal
Antique Irish Table Whiskey Pub Table Rectangular Flip Top Table Oak IRELAND
Located in Tyler, TX
HARD TO FIND and UNIQUE Antique Irish Oak "Flip Top" Whiskey Pub Table~~Rectangular~~ Trestle Feet~~c. 1900s
A DECORATOR'S DREAM~~solid and sturdy~~very nice oak patina~~PADDY Old Irish Whiskey...
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Early 1900s Irish Arts and Crafts Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Oak
Antique Chippendale Mahogany Tilt-Top Table Circa 1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Chippendale style tea table offers mahogany construction with clip corner tilt-top having ruffled rim and raised on acanthus car...
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Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XVI Bronze Mounted Two Tier Dessert Drinks Table Circa 1900
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Bronze
George III Two-Tier Mahogany Marquetry Satinwood Kingwood Inlay Pie Dumpwaiter
Located in Germantown, MD
Exquisite George III style two-tier mahogany and walnut dumpwaiter with fine satinwood and kingwood flower inlays, fine Italian style marquetry work with beaded edges.
General good...
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Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
George III Mahogany 3-Tier Pie Crust Dumbwaiter
Located in Germantown, MD
Magnificent George III mahogany 3 tier pie crust dump waited with meticulously carved tripod legs.
Measures 22" in diameter at the lowest tier x 16.5"D at the middle tier x 12" at...
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Early 20th Century English George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Cast Iron and Wood Outdoor Side Table
Located in Milano, IT
Very rare vintage Victorian cast iron coffee table made in the late 1800s, fine English craftsmanship.
The coffee table is small and is for garden use, as can also be clearly seen f...
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Early 1900s French Baroque Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Cast Stone, Iron
Table in wood and chrome, 1920, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Table
Material: Wood and chrome
France
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. . If you have any questions we are at your disposal...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Chrome
Table with Drawer in Wood and Silver Plated Bronze, 1920, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Table
Material: Wood and silver plated bronze
France
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at yo...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
Antique French Rosewood Parquetry Dessert Pastry Server
Located in Forney, TX
An exquisite French rosewood dessert serving tray table dating to the turn of late 19th / early 20th century. Finished in sophisticated Louis XVI style, nicely curved lines give this...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass
Starburst Parquetry Tilt Top Occasional Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
A round fruitwood tilt top occasional table. The top is inlaid with a parquetry sunburst design in rose wood, ebony and maple veneers. The tilt mechanism is cast iron and no longer h...
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Early 20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Rosewood, Fruitwood, Wood, Ebony, Maple
Krieger Signed Antique French Empire Tiered Tea Tray Table
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and most attractive French gilt bronze ormolu mounted mahogany tiered tea table with removable tray top by important Parisian furniture maker Maison ...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
American Chinese Chippendale Tripod Tilt Top Table - Co. of Master Craftsmen
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a LOVELY Early 20th century American piece, made circa 1930.
Chinese Chippendale Style Tilt-top tripod table with frieze Gallery.
Made of solid dark mahogany.
Great condition!
Manufactured by the 'Company of Master Craftsmen' and is correctly stamped in the base of the tilt-top, with an eagle crest. and the serial numbers 'D16389' and 'J1524'.
Would have been retailed by W.& J. Sloane in New York City.
Provenance: Bought from a reputable Dealer in Ireland.
Dimensions: Top Down: 28.5 in High with diameter of top being 23 in
Top Up: 39 in High
THE Company of Master Craftsmen: The Company of Master Craftsmen was founded in 1925 as a subsidiary of W. & J. Sloane. W. & J. Sloane, based in New York City, was one of the oldest and most established furniture makers and retailers in the U.S. It had a history of furnishing many of the finest homes in the country including the Breakers and the White House.
William Sloane Coffin Sr., who was President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and an executive with the Sloane Company, founded the Company of Master Craftsmen to make colonial style furniture. The company worked closely with the Metropolitan Museum’s American wing, reproducing rare pieces from the collection to decorate the homes and offices of many of New York’s and the country’s elite. The Company’s production was quite limited during its’ thirty years in business making their pieces quite rare and very collectible. Today, a number of museums including the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the M.F.A. in Boston have Company of Master Craftsmen pieces in their permanent collections as examples of Fine “revival” furniture.
W. & J. Sloane: The company was founded as a rug importer and seller on March 2, 1843, by William Sloane who had just emigrated from Kilmarnock, Scotland, a town famous for weaving Fine carpets and rugs. In 1852 his younger brother John W. Sloane joined the firm, when it was renamed W. & J. Sloane. It was the first company to import oriental carpets into the United States. It soon expanded to include furniture and other home furnishings, and quickly became the choice of the elite in New York. In the late 19th century the company added an antiques department, started producing furniture, and became the first home furnishings store in the country, Billing itself as "W. & J. Sloane Interior Decorators and Home Furnishers." Its flagship store was originally located at Broadway and 19th Street, in "Ladies' Mile", relocating later to 414 Fifth Avenue at 38th Street, former flagship of Franklin Simon & Co.
In 1891, W. & J. Sloane incorporated and set the national decorating taste of the United States, and over the next sixty years decorated the homes of the most prominent people in the country, including the Breakers and the White House, created Hollywood movie sets, and even designed and decorated interiors of automobiles. It opened a branch in San Francisco, California originally to furnish pavilions at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition (it also furnished the model homes at the 1939 New York World's Fair). It later acquired other upscale firms such as the California Furniture Company, and in 1925 a subsidiary, the Company of Master Craftsmen was founded by William Sloane Coffin, Sr. (the father of Rev. William Sloane Coffin) to create colonial revival furniture. During World War II the company worked with the Newport News Company and the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company on shipbuilding contracts for the United States Navy fitting out the interiors of liberty ships under the direction of John Sloane...
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Early 20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Mahogany
Antique Mersman Mahogany Lyre Base 3 Tier Dumbwaiter Table
Located in Germantown, MD
This early 1900s table would be wonderful in a entryway filled with flowers, or used to serve food at an event. It is in great condition - very solid and well built. However it does ...
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Early 20th Century American British Colonial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Bamboo Tiered Dessert Server
Located in Forney, TX
A three tier bamboo dessert server or tea table from the late 19th to early 20th century. Likely English, having an octagonal shaped black lacquered top...
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Early 20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Bamboo, Lacquer
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Carved and Inlaid Black Forest Table with Stags
Located in Charleston, SC
Great sized late 19th-early 20th century black forest carved and inlaid table with scenes of stags.
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Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Wood
Italian Round Dining Table Attributed to Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Milano, IT
Round table from the 1950s, attributed to Osvaldo Borsani.
The table is foldable in its side parts.
In fact we find under the table top two locks or brass mechanism that allow the tw...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass
Large Mahogany Footed Lazy Susan with Carved Decoration Nine Framed Indentations
Located in Great Barrington, MA
An unusually large and beautifully decorated Lazy-Susan will be the perfect focal point on a table. Also wonderful for h'ors d'oeuvres, desserts and condiments at a buffet table, thi...
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Early 20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Wood
Vintage Burl Dumbwaiter Att. to Charak
Located in New York, NY
Stunning bench made oversize dumbwaiter with tiered shelves. This example is in very good original condition, clean and ready to use. Burl shelves with banded inlay trim, carved cabr...
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Early 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Mahogany, Burl
Shelve Midcentury Italian Design Geometric Shape Mahogany Glass Minimal Design
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Shelve midcentury Italian design geometric shape mahogany glass minimal design.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Mahogany
Poul Hundevad Trolley in Rosewood by Poul Hundevad & Co in Denmark
Located in Grenoble, FR
Rare rosewood trolley designed by Poul Hundevad.
Produced by Poul Hundevad & Co Vamdrup in Denmark.
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1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Rosewood
Early 20th Century Inlaid Two Tier Dessert Table W/ Serving Tray
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 20th century inlaid two tier dessert table w/ serving tray
The top w/ tray measures 24" wide x 12" deep x33" high
The bottom 30" wid...
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Early 20th Century British Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Walnut
Large Side Table Round Tripod-Shaped with Lion-Shaped Legs
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Round tripod-shaped side table with lion-shaped legs
It has a brown color with a nice vet on the leg, the lion's claw
It has a good size, ideal as a side table as it can serve ...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Wood
Louis XVI Style Two-Tier Mahogany Bouillotte Round Table in Style of Jansen
Located in Miami, FL
Louis XVI style two-tiered side table from France featuring a sun marquetry on the bottom shelf. Both feature brass galleries and the piece is supported by four tapered legs with bro...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Bronze
Elegant French Zebrawood Table a Dessert, Maurice Dufrène
Located in New York City, NY
A graceful French Art Deco centre table with exquisite parquetry zebrawood detail attributed to Maurice Dufrène. The top square shelf floats above a clover shaped lower shelf, both r...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Zebra Wood
Louis XVI Style Mahogany and Ormolu Mounted 2-Tier Dessert Table by P. E. Guerin
By P. E. Guerin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charming early 20th century Louis XVI style mahogany, gilt bronze mounted and parcel-gilt ovoid two-tier tea or dessert table by P. E. Guerin. The twin-top dessert with quad-suppor...
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Early 20th Century American Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
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Bronze, Ormolu
Interesting Italian Design Brass and Engraved Glass Drinks Trolley, circa 1950
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This drinks trolley is made of brass and engraved glass. The design is very simple and interesting. This is an Italian work, in the style of Cesare Lacca, circa 1950.
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Brass
Majorelle Art Nouveau Ormolu Two-Tier Table
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Louis Majorelle Art Nouveau ormolu table.
Measures: Width 42.5", depth 27", height 29.5".
In good used condition.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Ormolu-Mounted Mahogany Two-Tier Tea-Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French, 19th century Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted mahogany two-tier tea-table etagere attributed to François Linke (1855-1946). The oval Basque Jaspe marble top with a ...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
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.
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