Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Onyx, Gold Plate, Brass
18th Century and Earlier Welsh Baroque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1840s Italian Louis Philippe Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 1800s French Romantic Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Paper, Walnut
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble, Steel
18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 18th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
19th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
18th Century English George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Georgian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
Mid-19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch
Late 18th Century English Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1810s American Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1760s Scottish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1980s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Steel
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century American George III Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century American Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Textile, Glass
1750s Irish Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1760s European George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Padouk
1750s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Wrought Iron
1860s Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Leather, Mahogany
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 1900s British Late Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bamboo
1780s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1970s French Louis XVI Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1830s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Other
1830s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Paint, Paper
18th Century Swedish Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Birch, Burl
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Early 20th Century American Regency Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
2010s Mexican Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Unknown Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
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.





