Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer, Birch, Pine, Giltwood
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Other
19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1820s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
20th Century European Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century European Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1810s Italian Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Tortoise Shell, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1820s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Pine
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century French Country Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Other
Early 20th Century French Country Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Other
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
20th Century Syrian Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1930s Swedish Karl Johan Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Burl
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 18th Century Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1830s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Hardwood
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Wood
Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
1960s English Regency Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
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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