Early Furniture and Works of Art

Marhamchurch Antiques is one of the UK’s leading specialist in early furniture and works of art

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Paul Fitzsimmons
The man behind the antiques

Marhamchurch Antiques is the UK’s leading early oak specialist, based in Devon, England and founded by Paul Fitzsimmons in 1991.

We deal in rare and interesting English and Continental early furniture and works of art, including metalware and paintings, from the early Tudor period through to the end of the 17th century. We are members of LAPADA and CINOA.

One of our areas of speciality is furniture and woodwork from Exeter, dating to the 16th and 17th centuries.

Henry VIII oak triangular stool

Pair of 16th century portraits

Henry VIII portrait panel chest

Pair of Dutch hunting panels

Charles II turned armchair

French Gothic carved panels

Charles I joined oak stool

Henry VIII carved oak panel

Henry VIII oak carved armchair

English medieval oak carved corbels

Elizabeth I oak food hutch

Charles II joined oak armchair

Queen Anne Boleyn’s falcon badge on show

4th March, 2022

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Anne Boleyn’s carved falcon badge on display at Hampton Court Palace to mark 500^th anniversary of her first encounter with Henry VIII, following new research linking rare architectural survival to palace’s Great Hall

Queen Anne Boleyn’s falcon badge on show from 4 March 2022

She is one of the most legendary figures in British history, whose story still captivates audiences five centuries after her execution. Now, exactly 500 years to the day since she is first recorded as appearing before her future husband – playing the role of Perseverance in a court masque – her carved heraldic badge goes on show at Hampton Court Palace, where experts now believe it to have once formed part of the building’s famous interiors.