The richly-carved frame of acanthus-wrapped ribbon-scrolls is inhabited by reclining youths that accompany the labouring hero Hercules, and is festooned with a flower-and-wheat garland, symbolising 'abundance through labour' that is held by their companions. The latter stand in scrolled cartouches above the serpentined and acanthus-wrapped legs that terminate in voluted feet, while the frame's sides display Venus's shell-badge. A related Minerva-centred stand supports a 17th Century cabinet at The Vyne, Hampshire, and is illustrated in R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1954, Vol.I, p.175, fig. 23.