Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mid-19th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Walnut
19th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1760s Scottish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century European Empire Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
1880s British Indian Ocean Territory Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Teak
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch, Burl
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1770s Irish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
1790s American Federal Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1860s English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Giltwood, Paint
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
1880s Burmese Anglo-Indian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1760s European George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Padouk
18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1770s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
Early 1800s English Hepplewhite Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Satinwood, Mahogany
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
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
18th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
18th Century English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry, Walnut
Early 1800s French Romantic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Paper
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
1780s British George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1770s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
1740s British George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Mid-18th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
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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