Hip-joint armchair (sillón de cadera or jamuga)

Date

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)

Form

Chair

Culture

Spanish, Granada

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

45.60.41a, b

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1945