Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mid-20th Century Unknown Other Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Glass, Walnut
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Late 19th Century George I Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Zebra Wood
19th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century Unknown Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century French High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Iron
1780s English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English George IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
19th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper
1860s High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
19th Century American Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century Sheraton Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1880s Danish Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century French Industrial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Iron
19th Century Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1890s French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century French Louis Philippe Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Crystal, Steel
1770s Irish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 20th Century English George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1860s British Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
1790s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1860s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1810s English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
Mid-19th Century English Rococo Revival Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1870s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century English Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-18th Century English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
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.





