Hip-joint armchair (sillón de cadera or jamuga)

Date

ca. 1480s

Medium

Walnut, elm, other woods, ivory, mother-of-pearl, pewter, parchment; leather, tooled.

Dimensions

H. 95.2 cm, W. 71.1 cm, D. 50.8 cm; Seat: 34.5 x 52 cm.

Form

Chair

Culture

Spanish (Granada?), Hispano-Moresque

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

1975.1.1978

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975