A pair of Regency painted mahogany hall chairs attributed to Gillows circa 1810

painted with a wolf salient crest and the motto TOUJOUR [sic] PRET for the Sutton family of Norwood Park and a peacock in pride crest with the motto POUR Y PARVENIR for the Sutton-Manners family of Canterbury.

Sold Sotheby's New York, October 19, 2001, lot 264

In fair condition; both painted cartouches to backs with significant losses. Both chairs with restored cracks to back right legs. Some minor worm damage to undersides, more pronounced on one chair. One chair with two butterfly joins restoring a break to left side of shell back. Age cracks along joins of construction of seats. Both chairs with scratches, bruises, nicks, and abrasions consistent with use and age.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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The pairing of the two crests and mottos indicates that these chairs were produced after the 1813 marriage of Robert-Nassau Sutton (1776-1833) to Mary Georgiana Manners-Sutton (d. 1846), daughter of John Manners-Sutton.
An identical pair of hall chairs, but without a painted crest, stamped Gillows is in the Abbot Hall Museum and Art Gallery, Kendal (illustrated Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London, vol. 1, 2008, pl. 177).