ADAM'S THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 29th April 2025

70 113 AN EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD CIRCULAR CENTRE TABLE, the figured top with gadrooned edge and frieze carved with oak leaves and rosettes, on a bold- ly carved centre column with lotus and acanthus leaves on a concave platform base and com- pressed bun feet, 120cm diameter and approxi- mately 70cm high € 1,500 - 2,000 112 A NEEDLEWORK TAPESTRY OF THE HUNTS OF MAXIMILIAN LIBRA: SEPTEMBER - THE STAG HUNT CAUGHT IN THE RIVER 219 x 264cm € 800 - 1,200 This tapestry is based on the September example from the series of twelve tapestries which depict the hunting scenes in the Sonian Forest, Brussels, by the court of Maximillian I. In this example it depicts the moment in the hunt, ‘bat-l’eau’ as it is referred to in French, when the animal tracked by a pack of hunting dogs throws itself into a body of water. The tapestries were completed in the 1530s and designed by Bernard Van Orley and woven by Willem Dermoyen. The set is now in the collection of the Louvre, Paris.