Hip-joint armchair (sillón de cadera or jamuga)

Date

15th or 16th centuries (textiles); late 15th or early 16th centuries (chair)

Medium

Walnut, ivory, mother-of-pearl, pewter; red silk cut velvet, linen.

Dimensions

H. 93.4 cm, W. 67.9 cm, D. 51.4 cm. Back: 30 x 73.5 cm.; Seat 32 x 76 cm.; Cushion: 38 x 52 cm.

Form

Chair

Culture

Spanish (Granada?), Hispano-Moresque, Italian (textiles)

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

1975.1.1979 ab

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975