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Hip-joint armchair (sillón de cadera or jamuga)

In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

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