Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Kingwood
Late 19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine, Paint
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Early 19th Century Unknown Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut, Burl
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
Early 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century British William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1840s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wrought Iron
Mid-19th Century Swedish Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1840s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 18th Century American Federal Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
17th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century American Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
18th Century Italian Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nutwood, Bakelite
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Other
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century English Aesthetic Movement Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1860s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1820s English Sheraton Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century English George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century American American Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Late 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
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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