Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
19th Century English Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Oak
Mid-18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Lacquer
Late 19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1850s English Chinoiserie Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Stone
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Metal
1990s Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century William and Mary Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood, Paint
1950s European Neoclassical Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
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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