Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 1900s Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Bronze
Early 1900s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nutwood
Early 1900s British Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
1970s Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Parchment Paper
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 1900s Irish Arts and Crafts Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Early 1900s French Baroque Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cast Stone, Iron
1970s Federal Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s French Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Ceramic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
1970s Federal Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mirror
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Copper
Early 1900s French Régence Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1970s French Minimalist Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
Late 19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine, Paint
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Pine
Early 20th Century French Country Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Resin
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Stone
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome, Metal
Early 1900s French Régence Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 1900s French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cane, Lucite
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass, Wood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lucite
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ceramic
1970s American Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome
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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