What is a tilt table used for?

These tables served primarily for breakfast, dining or evening card games in nineteenth-century reception rooms. The pivoting mechanism allowed the heavy top to be folded upright so the piece could stand flat against a wall when floor space was needed.

How do I spot a William IV table?

William IV examples generally display heavy scrolled pedestal bases, bold carved lotus motifs and substantial circular platforms dating between roughly eighteen-thirty and eighteen-thirty-seven. They share the rosewood timber of later Victorian pieces but often exhibit bolder proportions and architectural weight.

Are all these tables circular?

While circular tops are the most common form found on this page, many examples feature oval, serpentine or shaped outlines. Larger breakfast and loo tables often provide generous seating capacities depending on the diameter of the top.

What is an Anglo-Indian rosewood table?

Anglo-Indian pieces reflect nineteenth-century design produced in the Indian subcontinent for British residents or export markets, using native timbers. They frequently incorporate distinctive carved decoration, fretwork or contrasting mother of pearl inlay on the top.