Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
20th Century English Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
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
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
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1860s French Louis XV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Scagliola, Wood
Early 19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ormolu
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut, Paint
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Late 19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
19th Century Italian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
1780s American Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
Late 19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine, Walnut
20th Century American Federal Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 18th Century American Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
Early 20th Century American Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Textile, Glass
Mid-19th Century English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ebony, Satinwood, Walnut, Burl
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Burl
Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Lacquer
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Paint
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
Early 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
1760s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry
1780s Irish Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century American Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Satinwood
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Marble
20th Century French Louis XV Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
1980s Georgian Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1760s Irish George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-19th Century European Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Mahogany
1970s French Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Ceramic, Oak
1770s British Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
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.





