With an arrangement of drawers and a central cupboard inlaid with battle scenes and martial trophies flanked by columns and bearing the coat of arms of the Counts of Salazar de Velasco, a title created in 1592.
The stand re-constructed in the early 19th Century, with spirally turned tortoiseshell columns and a mirrored back, 215 cm high, 108 cm wide.
Attributed to Henri Van Soest (1659-1726), one of the last great marchand-ébénistes in Antwerp.
The cabinet was part of a bequest to William, 5th Marquess of Exeter (1876-1956), from his aunt Baroness Newlands, a sister of his father the 4th Marquess.
