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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.

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Coverage
03/03/2026–09/03/2026
Method
Methodology
ObjectArtistDateDepartmentMaterial familyOn view
Reinforcing Bevor and Grandguard for the JoustSouth German; Augsburgc. 1560Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
MaceGerman1550Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Drug Jar (Albarello)Italian, Urbino (Castel Durante) or Sicilyc. 1550Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
Drug Jar (Albarello)Italian, possibly Faenzac. 1550Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
Jug with Adam and EveAttributed to Paul Preuning, (German, active c.1540-50) Nurembergc. 1550Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
Plate with Moses Striking the RockItalian; Urbinoc. 1545Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
true
Left Greave and SabatonAttributed to Wolfgang Grosschedel (German, 1517-1562) Landshut1540/50Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Close Helmet for the TourneySouth German; Nuremberg1550/60Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Armor for the Field and TourneySouthern Germanc. 1550Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Grandguard and Bevor for the TourneyNorth German; Brunswick1550/60Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Close HelmetAustrian; Innsbruckc. 1550Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Infantry or Demi Lancer's ArmorSouth German1540-50Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Plate with Theseus in the House of Achelous, from the Lancierini ServiceItalian; Urbino1540/50Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
true
FragmentBursa, Republic of Türkiyeabout 1550Textiles
  • silk
  • metal
false
Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene (Noli Me Tangere)Design attributed to Michiel Coxcie (1499–1592) or Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona Woven in the workshop of Willem de Pannemaker (active 1515–c. 1581) Brussels1540-1545Textiles
  • silk
  • wool
false
Composite SwordBlade by Melchior Diefstetter German, Munich, Au c. 1520-1555/1556dated 1538 [at a later date]Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
false
Plate with Isaac Blessing JacobWorkshop of Guido di Merlino (Italian, active about 1523-64)1540/1545Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
true
Bowl with a Bust of Mucius ScaevolaItalian; Faenza1535/45Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
true
Wine JugItalian; Venicec. 1540Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Gun ShieldItalianc. 1544Applied Arts of Europe
  • wool
  • metal
  • wood
true
Fragment from the Shoulder of a Tunic (Uncu)Colonial Inca Inca or Indigenous Viceroyalty of Peru, likely near Cuzco (now probably Peru, possibly Bolivia)1550-1625Textiles
  • wool
  • cotton_linen
false
Fragment from the Topacu Waistband of a Tunic (Uncu)Colonial Inca Inca or Indigenous Viceroyalty of Peru, likely near Cuzco (now probably Peru, possibly Bolivia)1550-1625Textiles
  • wool
  • cotton_linen
false
Coca BagInca-Colonial Peru, Probably southern highlands1532-1650Textiles
  • wool
  • cotton_linen
false
Armor for Field and TournamentJörg T. Sorg, the Younger, after German, Augsburg, active 1502-1542About 1560Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Triple-Combed BurgonetSouth German; Augsburg1540/50Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Portions of a Field ArmorAustrian; Innsbruckc. 1540 with some modern restorationApplied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
HalberdPossibly French or German1540/60Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
Medallion, probably Margaret of Lorraine (recto); the Virgin Seated on a Throne Before Two Widows (verso)Attributed to Léonard Limosin (French, c. 1505–c. 1577)c. 1530–1540Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Salt CellarAttributed to the Milan Marsyas Painter (Italian, active about 1525-1535)c. 1530Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
true
Plate with Horatio at the BridgeItalian; Urbinoc. 1535Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
true
Plate with Narcissus, Cupid, and Echo TransformedFrancesco Xanto Avelli (Italian, active about 1525-1542)c. 1530Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
true
Thrusting Sword (Estoc)Germanc.1520—c.1540Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
Plate with a YouthItalian; Faenzac. 1530Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
true
Pair of Sleeves of MailGermanmid–16th centuryApplied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
MaceItalian, possiblly Spanish1530/50Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Dish (Coppa Amatoria)Italian; Urbino1530/45Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
true
Large Leaf Verdure with Animals and BirdsSouthern Netherlands, possibly Bruges, 1525/501525-1550Textiles
  • wool
false
Shirt of MailEuropean(?), possibly Islamic(?)mid–16th centuryApplied Arts of Europe
  • metal
false
RingProbably Italianc. 1525–c. 1575Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
false
Fingered Gauntlet for the Left HandWolfgang Grosschedel Southern German, Landshut, active 1551–1562c. 1535/40Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
false
Plate with Female BustItalian, possibly Castel Durantec. 1525Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
true
CuirassValentin Siebenburger (German, 1510—1564) Nuremberg1530/40Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Lovers in a GardenNorthern Netherlandish1520/30Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • glass
true
The Birth and Naming of Saint John the BaptistNorthern Netherlandishc. 1525Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • glass
true
PartisanItalian1520-1540Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
Breastplate with Tassets (Thigh Defenses)South German, possibly Nuremberg1520-30 with some modern restorationApplied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Mitten Gauntlet for the Right HandProbably Jörg Seusenhofer Austrian, Innsbruckc. 1530/40Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
false
Thrusting Sword (Estoc)Germanc.1525—c.1540Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
Mordechai Overhears the Conspiracy from the Story of EstherCircle of Pieter Cornelisz (1498/90 - 1560/61) or Lucas van Leyden (1489-1533) Northern Netherlandishc. 1525Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • glass
false
Display Plate with Female BustItalian, Deruta1500/1530Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • ceramic
false