Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
Late 20th Century American American Colonial Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1850s French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary American American Classical Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Cherry, Walnut
1920s Directoire Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Bronze
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Swiss Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
19th Century French Country Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 1900s English Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Plastic
20th Century American Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century British Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century Dutch Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century English Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century English Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
20th Century English Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
19th Century Sheraton Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1870s Italian Neoclassical Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Iron
Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Early 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Fruitwood
Late 19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
Late 18th Century William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 1900s Dutch Folk Art Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Pine
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
18th Century British Other Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
Early 19th Century Unknown Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
2010s Portuguese Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak, Walnut
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Metal
1750s French Louis XVI Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Belgian Rustic Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wrought Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Oak
1760s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Early 20th Century English Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century French Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Fruitwood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Early 20th Century Chippendale Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
1780s English George III Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass
19th Century British William IV Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany, Walnut, Burl
19th Century French Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Walnut
18th Century George II Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Rosewood
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Mahogany
Mid-18th Century Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood, Oak
1780s English Chippendale Antique Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Brass, Steel
Late 20th Century French Gustavian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century American George III 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.
Find antique and vintage tilt-top tables and dessert tables in various styles and finishes on 1stDibs.