Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome
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
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
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wrought Iron
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nutwood, Bakelite
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Resin
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Aluminum
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ceramic, Oak
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Onyx, Gold Plate, Brass
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Copper
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nickel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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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