In 2022, antiques dealer Paul Fitzsimmons, a renowned specialist in rare Tudor-era artifacts, discovered an extraordinary early 16th-century chair. It is believed that the chair was made for young Anne Boleyn while she served at the French royal court between 1514 and 1521.
The unforgettable saga of Anne Boleyn—an English woman raised in French high society who returned home, attracted a powerful king who moved heaven and earth to marry her, made her Queen, and had her executed mere years later—is compelling, even today.
Research on the chair illuminates the obscure yet impactful early years of Henry VIII's second wife, when she served as a lady-in-waiting to Queen Claude of France from 1515 to 1521. Its iconography provides an enticing insight into the maturing Anne Boleyn; perhaps more prescient, an impression of the core values held by the future Queen of England.
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