Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1940s Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
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
Mid-20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
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
Cherry, Oak
Late 19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine, Paint
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
20th Century Syrian Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Late 19th Century American Hepplewhite Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1780s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Chestnut
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
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
Early 1900s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American American Colonial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1920s Directoire Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century Sheraton Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century English Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century English Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Late 18th Century William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Belgian Rustic Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wrought Iron
Early 19th Century Unknown Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Mid-19th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1760s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Oak
Late 20th Century French Gustavian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1870s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1920s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
19th Century Italian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1740s English Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1890s British Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
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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