Name of Object:

Chair

Name in original language:

Silla (jamuga)

Location:

Madrid, Spain

Holding Institution:

Cerralbo Museum

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Holding Institution (original language):

Museo Cerralbo

Date of Object:

19th century

Inventory Number:

MC706

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Wood, bone inlaid

Dimensions:

124 x 60 x 65 cm

Provenance:

Europe

Description:

This chair, known as jamuga in the Spanish tradition, is most certainly a Moresque European piece designed from a combination of pattern books. The chair consists of a great widely decorated back and a curved seat with two arms. The four legs are delicately ornamented. The inscriptions probably have been taken from a design book or other visual model too, rather than being designed by an Arab master calligrapher. The decorated panels, aesthetically pleasing, are imprecise in terms of execution and calligraphic style.

Citation of this web page:

Cecilia Casas Desantes, Cristina Giménez "Chair" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;es;94;en

Prepared by: Cecilia Casas Desantes, Cristina Giménez
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: SP 094