Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1990s Italian Art Deco Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Blown Glass
20th Century Rustic Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Blown Glass
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Aluminum
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass
1850s French Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel, Chrome
Early 1900s French Baroque Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cast Stone, Iron
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass
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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