Craft & Design Objects

Name: Craft & Design Objects
Creator: Little Birdie Studio
License: Open-access data is CC0; public-domain images are served via IIIF links without redistribution.

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: 09/03/2026
Update schedule: 5 11 20 * * UTC
Coverage: 03/03/2026–09/03/2026
Method: Methodology

Object	Artist	Date	Department	Material family	On view
Needlework Picture Depicting Orpheus Charming the Animals	England	first half of the 17th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen glass	false
Oval Dish	Paris, France In the style of Bernard Palissy	17th century	Applied Arts of Europe	ceramic	false
Panel (Furnishing Fabric)	China	Ming dynasty (1368–1644)/Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1600/50	Textiles	silk metal paper	false
The Triangle Player	Avon, France or Fontainebleu, France Possibly after a model by Guillaume Dupré (French, 1579–1640)	Early 17th century	Applied Arts of Europe	ceramic	false
Fireman's Pick Ax	Japan	Edo period (1615–1868), 1600/1868	Textiles	metal wood	false
Valance	China	Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1600/40	Textiles	metal	false
Valance	China	Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1600/44	Textiles	metal	false
Panel (Furnishing Fabric)	China	Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1600/44	Textiles	silk cotton_linen metal paper	false
Fragment from a cover or wall hanging	Republic of Türkiye	1600–1750	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Crown, Probably for a Statue of the Christ Child	Spanish or Spanish Colonial	c. 1600-c. 1650	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	false
Charger	Talavera de la Reina Potteries Spanish, founded mid-16th century	17th century	Applied Arts of Europe	ceramic	false
Tazza	Talavera de la Reina Potteries Spanish, founded mid-16th century	17th century	Applied Arts of Europe	ceramic	false
Fragment	Iran	first half of the 17th century	Textiles	silk	false
Beaker	Attributed to Hermann Beckert Germany	1600—25	Applied Arts of Europe	glass	false
Powder Flask for Archduke Mathias of Austria (Emperor 1612-19)	Austrian	early 17th century	Applied Arts of Europe	metal wood	false
Youths Standing among Cypress Trees, Ponds, and Flowers	Persia (present-day Iran)	Safavid dynasty (1501-1722), Shah 'Abbas (Abbas I, Shah Abbas the Great, r. 1588-1629); early 17th century	Textiles	silk metal	false
Jug with the Head of a Woman	Bohemian	1597	Applied Arts of Europe	glass	true
Sutra Cover	China	Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1597	Textiles	silk metal paper	false
Tankard with Cover	Bohemian	1596	Applied Arts of Europe	metal glass	true
Halberd for the Bodyguard of Archduke of Inner Austria (Later Emperor) Ferdinand II	Austrian	1596	Applied Arts of Europe	metal wood	true
Fork, Knife, and Spoon	Southern Germany	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Parade Cuirass	Possibly France	c. 1600–10	Applied Arts of Europe	silk cotton_linen metal	true
Goblet	Italian Venice	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	glass	true
Platter	In the style of Bernard Palissy (French, 1510–1590) Probably the workshop of the Griffin Master (also known as the Dragon Master; French, probably active late 1500s–early 1600s) Paris	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	ceramic	true
Beaker with the Emperor and Seven Electors (Kurfürsten Humpen)	Bohemian or German	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	glass	true
Beaker (Humpen) with the Ages of Man	Bohemian or German	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	glass	true
Combination Spanner-Primer Flask-Screwdriver with the Coat of Arms of the Haller von Hallerstein and Nüzel von Sunderspuhl Families	South German, Nuremberg	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Wheellock Gun for a Boy	German; Nuremberg	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	metal wood	true
Trencher with a Scene from Aesop's Fables	England	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	other	true
Trencher with a Scene from Aesop's Fables	England	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	other	true
Box for Trenchers	England	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	other	true
Trencher with a Scene from Aesop's Fables	England	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	other	true
Trencher with a Scene from Aesop's Fables	England	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	other	true
Trencher with a Scene from Aesop's Fables	England	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	other	true
Trencher with a Scene from Aesop's Fables	England	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	other	true
Trencher with a Scene from Aesop's Fables	England	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	other	true
Cup	L. Umbach German, early 17th century	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	false
Rosewater Ewer and Basin	Franz Dotte, active c. 1595-1600 Germany, Nuremberg	1603/1609	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	false
Casket	Venice, Italy	c. 1595	Applied Arts of Europe	metal glass wood	true
Model Field Cannon (Culverin)	Possibly by Hans Reischperger Austrian, Vienna, active 1595	1595	Applied Arts of Europe	metal wood	true
Ostrich Cup	Marked by John Spilman (born Bavaria [now Germany], active England, died 1626) London	1590–91	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Demi Shaffron	Italian, Milan	1590/1600	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Panel (Furnishing Fabric)	Italy, probably Tuscany or Milan	about 1600-1625	Textiles	silk	true
Tankard with Mansfeld Arms	German; probably Saxony	1590/1600	Applied Arts of Europe	glass	true
Parrying Dagger with Scabbard	German; Dresden	1590/1600	Applied Arts of Europe	metal wood	true
Close Burgonet	Italian; Milan	about 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Closed Burgonet	Italian, Milan	1600/10	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Model Field Cannon with Carriage	Dutch	c. 1600	Applied Arts of Europe	metal wood	true
Glaive for the Civic Guard of Rome	Italian	1600	Applied Arts of Europe	metal wood	true
Demi-Shaffron	Italian, Milan	1570/80	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true