Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1780s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1850s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Unknown Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1760s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
18th Century George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
20th Century Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 1800s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century English George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
18th Century English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
18th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1760s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1760s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1820s English George IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ebony, Mahogany
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
18th Century European George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Yew
Mid-20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
19th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
18th Century and Earlier English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1760s European George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Padouk
1740s British George II 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.
Find antique and vintage tilt-top tables and dessert tables in various styles and finishes on 1stDibs.