Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Tortoise Shell, Mahogany
1850s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century George I Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Pine
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Brass
Mid-19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
19th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper
Mid-19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Late 19th Century French High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Iron
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fabric, Pine
20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Resin
19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1860s British Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
1860s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
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
Marble, Steel
Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
18th Century English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
Late 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Early 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
1980s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1790s American Hepplewhite Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
20th Century Scandinavian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Directoire Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1870s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Glass
Mid-19th Century Swedish Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
1780s English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 18th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Elm
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze
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.
Find antique and vintage tilt-top tables and dessert tables in various styles and finishes on 1stDibs.





