Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1940s Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Bronze
Late 20th Century American American Colonial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Belgian Rustic Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wrought Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Pine
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 Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Bohemian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Chrome
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Queen Anne Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
1980s Chippendale Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1950s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rattan
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Mid-20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wrought Iron
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nutwood, Bakelite
1970s Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Parchment Paper
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Ceramic
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1970s Federal Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1930s Swedish Karl Johan Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 20th Century American Rustic Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Gold
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
1970s French Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
1990s Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
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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