Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Early 1900s Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Paint
19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry, Oak
Late 19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine, Paint
Late 19th Century French Directoire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine, Walnut
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Paint, Paper
19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century Belgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Satinwood
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Paint
19th Century British William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
19th Century Dutch Minimalist Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Chestnut
Late 19th Century American Hepplewhite Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1850s French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1850s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 1900s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century Sheraton Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Fruitwood
Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Late 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1870s Italian Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Early 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century Unknown Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Mid-19th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut, Burl
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Sicilian Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1870s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood, Pine
Early 1900s American Industrial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century Italian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century English Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1890s British Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Pine
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1810s English Regency 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.
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