Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 20th Century English Elizabethan Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
20th Century British Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Yew
1830s English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
1810s Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1920s French Louis XV Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
19th Century French Gothic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Hardwood
19th Century French Spanish Colonial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s Irish George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer, Birch, Pine, Giltwood
1880s Danish Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century British Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1920s Directoire Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Mahogany
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Teak
2010s Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Nickel
Late 20th Century British Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1860s English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Giltwood, Paint
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1780s English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Chrome
1810s Italian Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century British Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Hardwood
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Spanish Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1880s Burmese Anglo-Indian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Mahogany
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
20th Century French Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
1850s French Early Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
19th Century Irish Georgian Antique 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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