Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century American Rustic Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Chrome
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Early 20th Century American British Colonial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 19th Century North American Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood, Fruitwood, Wood, Ebony, Maple
1830s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper, Wood, Paint
1970s French Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Ceramic
1840s European Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Rosewood
1760s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1820s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1810s American Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary British Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
18th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1860s English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Paint
Late 18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood, Walnut
1820s English George IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ebony, Mahogany
1990s Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Art Glass
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern 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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