From Saxon times until about the middle of the sixteenth century tables in England were occasionally round, but more frequently of the trestle type. The latter consisted of a loose board or boards sometimes hinged down the middle, resting on folding trestles. Thus they were easily removed after use. Sometimes the principal table or "high borde" was more or less a fixture, the transverse trestles being bound together by a long brace or stretcher. This "dormant," or "joined" table, as it was called, no doubt suggested the heavy tables, sometimes with draw-tops and stretchers just above the ground, of the refectory type. During the reign of Elizabeth this kind of table was provided with huge bulbous legs and rich carving, and remained in this heavy form until well into the Jacobean period, when the baluster leg began to appear. After that time the tendency was always for the table to become lighter. The gate-leg table was introduced during the Restoration period, when coffee and tea drinking became fashionable, and many other small tables were imported. In the time of William and Mary the shapes of the legs and stretchers were greatly modified, and the dressing-table or "low-boy," and the writing-desk made their appearance. In the Queen Anne period, when the rage for card-playing was pronounced, card-tables of many designs were made. Later in the eighteenth century Chippendale designed the "tripod" table, and introduced other kinds such as the drawing-table, and tables with galleries or rims round the tops to hold china, etc. Hepplewhite and Sheraton designed a variety of dainty tables for the drawing-room, and perhaps the Pembroke table (q.v.). Meanwhile the architect-designers had developed the side, console, and pier tables, which were in some cases very magnificent pieces of work.