Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Elm
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paint, Paper
Late 19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
1840s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s French Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nutwood, Bakelite
18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 18th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century English Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Oak, Hardwood
Early 20th Century English George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Mid-18th Century American Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 1800s Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
1820s English Sheraton Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century American Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Birch
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wrought Iron
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Hardwood
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century British Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Mid-19th Century English Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
Late 18th Century French Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
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 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
17th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
18th Century Italian Rustic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 1900s French Baroque Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cast Stone, Iron
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Hardwood
Late 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, 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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