Hip-joint armchair (sillón de cadera or jamuga)

Unknown Artist

ca. 1480–1500

Hip-joint armchair (sillón de cadera or jamuga) by Unknown Artist

Medium

Walnut and elm, partly veneered and inlaid with different woods, ivory, bone (camel?) and pewter; covered in silk velvet not original to the armchair

Dimensions

h. 36 1/2 x w. 24 x d. 19 1/2 in. (92.7 x 61 x 49.5 cm)

Classification

Woodwork-Furniture

Culture

Spanish, Granada

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Fletcher Fund, 1945

Accession Number

45.60.41a, b

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