How can I tell if a table lamp is vintage?

There are a few ways to identify if your table lamp is vintage, but it does vary from brand to brand. If you can spot a maker’s mark or manufacturer’s label on your piece, it could tell you where and when it was crafted. On 1stDibs, find vintage and contemporary table lamps from top sellers around the world.

Vintage Dessert Tables

Pie Crust Tilt Top Table

French Marble Top Bakers Or Pastry Table

19th Century Tilt Top Table

Dessert Trolley

George Iii Tilt Top Table

Chippendale Ball And Claw Style Dining Tables

Tiered Dessert

Dessert Glasses

Vintage Dessert Tables For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of vintage dessert tables is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct vintage dessert tables — often made from wood, metal and brass — can elevate any home. Vintage dessert tables have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Vintage dessert tables are generally popular furniture pieces, but Mid-Century Modern, Art Deco and Louis XVI styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Large vintage dessert tables can prove too imposing for some spaces, so the smaller vintage dessert tables available at 1stDibs — each spanning 12.21 inches in width — may make for a better choice. Many vintage dessert tables are appealing in their simplicity, but Poul Hundevad, Alvar Aalto and Jacques Adnet produced popular vintage dessert tables that are worth a look.

How Much are Vintage Dessert Tables?

Vintage dessert tables can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,171, while the lowest priced sells for $299 and the highest can go for as much as $32,000.

Finding the Right Dessert Tables And Tilt-top Tables for You

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.

Questions About Vintage Dessert Tables

How can I tell if a table lamp is vintage?
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1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
There are a few ways to identify if your table lamp is vintage, but it does vary from brand to brand. If you can spot a maker’s mark or manufacturer’s label on your piece, it could tell you where and when it was crafted. On 1stDibs, find vintage and contemporary table lamps from top sellers around the world.

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