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Hip-joint armchair (sillón de cadera or jamuga), ca. 1480–1500, Walnut and elm, partly veneered and inlaid with different wo…

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Chair

Hip-joint armchair (sillón de cadera or jamuga)

Maker unknown · ca. 1480–1500

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)
Accession: 45.60.41a, b
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1945
Culture: Spanish, Granada

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