Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
1750s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
1770s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century American Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze, Ormolu
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Copper
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Kingwood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Carrara Marble, Brass
1850s French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1920s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Country Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1760s Scottish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
19th Century English Hollywood Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1770s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Carrara Marble, Bronze
1980s French Louis XVI Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1920s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1920s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1970s French Louis XVI Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI 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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