Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
1970s Federal Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s French Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Ceramic
1970s Federal Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary British Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1950s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-20th Century American Queen Anne Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Abalone, Mahogany
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Maple
1850s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century Sheraton Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Chrome
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cane, Lucite
1970s Italian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass, Wood
1970s American Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
1970s French Gustavian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Oak
1970s French Gustavian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Oak
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Goatskin
1970s American Regency Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Gold Leaf
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.
Find antique and vintage tilt-top tables and dessert tables in various styles and finishes on 1stDibs.