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Craft & Design Objects

Craft & Design Objects presents textile and applied-arts holdings from the Art Institute of Chicago open-access collection, with artist, dates, medium and gallery context, drawn from the CC0 API and refreshed monthly. Every record links the museum page and adds material and technique families from our pipeline.

Records
5,000
Last changed
Update schedule
5 11 20 * * UTC
Coverage
03/03/2026–09/03/2026
Method
Methodology
ObjectArtistDateDepartmentMaterial familyOn view
KnifeEuropean, possibly Dutchlate 17th centuryApplied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
ForkEuropean, possibly Dutchlate 17th centuryApplied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Combined Axe-Flintlock Gun-DaggerEast German or Polish (Silesia; possibly Teschen)1660/80Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
Hunting HangerHandle: German Crossguard and Blade: GermanHandle: about 1670 Crossguard and Blade: 18th centuryApplied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Embroidery with Allegorical and Mythological MotifsPeru, probably Lima1660sTextiles
  • silk
  • cotton_linen
false
Portable Diptych with Compass, Sundial, and Perpetual CalendarCharles Bloud French, mid to late 17th century France1660/80Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • glass
  • paper
false
Cyrus Defeats Spargapises from The Story of CyrusAdapted from designs by Michiel Coxie (1499–1592) Produced at the workshop of Albert Auwercx (1629–1709) Brusselsc. 1670Textiles
  • silk
  • wool
false
JugPainted by Johann Schaper German, 1621-1670 Nuremberg, Germanyc. 1665Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • ceramic
false
Caudle Cup with CoverArthur Manwaring English, active 1643-91 London, England1659/60Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
false
TazzaPossibly by William Hough English, active after 1641 London, England1659/60Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
false
Pair of Flintlock PistolsDutch, Maastricht1660–70Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
GobletNorthern Europec. 1660–80Applied Arts of Europe
  • glass
true
FluteNetherlands or Belgiumc. 1660/80Applied Arts of Europe
  • glass
true
Court CupboardEnglandc. 1660Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
false
Needlework Picture Depicting the Four SeasonsEnglandabout 1660Textiles
  • silk
  • cotton_linen
false
PlatePossibly Paulus Öham German, 1634-1671 Germany, Nurembergc. 1660Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
false
Goblet (Pokal)Georg Schwanhardt German, active mid-17th century Nuremberg, Germanyc. 1660Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • glass
false
Fragment (From a Chair Panel (K’assu)ChinaQing dynasty (1644–1911), 1654/1772Textiles
  • silk
  • metal
  • paper
false
InkwellIsaac Ruprecht German, 1652-1678 Germany1652/78Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
false
SamplerMary Bidgood (English, active mid-17th century) England1651Textiles
  • silk
  • cotton_linen
false
Winged Goblet (Flügelglas)Southern Netherlands, or Germanyc. 1670-c. 1690Applied Arts of Europe
  • glass
true
Parrying DaggerSouth Italian or Spanish1650/60Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
Parrying DaggerSpanish or south Italian1650/1675Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
Wheellock Birding Rifle (Tschinke)Polish, Silesia, Teschen1650/60Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
Boar SwordGerman1650/60Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Scarf SwordHilt: northern European (possibly Swedish) Blade: possibly Italian or Spanishc. 1660Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
Oval Box Depicting Charles II and Catherine of BraganzaEnglandabout 1660Textiles
  • silk
false
Jiasha (Mantle)Han ChinaQing dynasty (1644–1911), 1650/1725Textiles
  • silk
  • metal
  • paper
false
Table Napkin Commemorating the Marriage of Louis XIV (1638–1715) and Marie-Therese (1638–1683) in 1660Francec. 1660Textiles
  • cotton_linen
false
Panel or HangingChinaLate–Ming dynasty (1368–1644)/Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1650/1700Textiles
  • silk
  • metal
  • paper
false
KesaJapan1650/1700, Edo period (1615–1868)Textiles
  • silk
  • paper
false
Buddhist Monk's Cape (Incomplete)ChinaQing dynasty (1644–1911), 1650/1700Textiles
  • silk
  • metal
  • paper
false
Needlework Picture Depicting the Queen of Sheba Before King SolomonEnglandabout 1660Textiles
  • silk
  • cotton_linen
  • metal
  • glass
false
ValanceChinaQing dynasty (1644–1911), 1650/1700Textiles
  • silk
  • cotton_linen
false
Bed CurtainManchu ChinaMid–17th/mid–18th centuryTextiles
  • silk
  • cotton_linen
  • metal
  • paper
false
SilkIran (Persia, Isfahan)1650/1700Textiles
  • silk
false
Pair of BannersChinaQing dynasty (1644–1911), 1650/1700Textiles
  • silk
  • cotton_linen
false
Pair of Flintlock Holster PistolsLazzarino Cominazzo Italian, Brescia, 17th centuryc. 1660/70Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
false
Wine TasterLondon, England1649/50Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
false
Flintlock (Patilla) in the Spanish or southern Italian styleBrescia, Italyc. 1660Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
SmallswordCrossguard and Pommel: attributed to Gottfried Christian Leygebe German, Nuremberg, 1630-1683 Blade: French, early 18th century Grip: GermanCrossguard and Pommel: c. 1650 Blade: early 18th century Grip: c. 1550Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
false
Powder FlaskJohann Georg Maucher (workshop) German, Schwäbisch Gmünd, active 1650-1700c. 1650Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
false
Double-Barrel Revolving Flintlock Pocket PistolLock signed Henri Suber French, Marseilles 17th centuryc. 1650/60Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
false
CabinetCabinet: Augsburg (now Germany); internal panels: Eger, Bohemia (now Cheb, Czech Republic)c. 1640–50Applied Arts of Europe
  • silk
  • metal
  • glass
  • wood
  • paper
true
Triple-Barrel Revolving Flintlock Fowling Piece from the Gun Cabinet of the Princes of LiechtensteinGunsmith: Tilman Keucks (Dutch)c. 1650Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
Smallsword for a ChildFrenchc. 1670Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
BeakerNetherlandsc. 1640Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Cup-Hilted RapierSouth Italian or Spanishc. 1650/60Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
Cup-Hilted RapierHilt: Italian; blade: Tomas Ayala, Spanish, ToledoAbout 1650Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
RapierSpanish or south Italian1640/60Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true