Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine, Paint
19th Century British William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1920s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 18th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Elm
1790s British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1840s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
18th Century Italian Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Mid-19th Century Swedish Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
1840s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
17th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nutwood, Bakelite
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Other
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Other
Mid-18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 1900s French Baroque Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cast Stone, Iron
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut
18th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1820s English George IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ebony, Mahogany
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1860s French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Scagliola, Wood
1970s French Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Ceramic
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Teak
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1940s French 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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