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.
| Object | Artist | Date | Department | Material family | On view |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Renaissance" Fringe | Italy | 16th century | Textiles |
| false |
| Fragment (Dressing Fabric) | China | Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 16th century | Textiles |
| false |
| Orphrey Band | France | 16th century | Textiles |
| false |
| Orphrey | Spain | 16th century | Textiles |
| false |
| Orphrey | Spain | 16th century | Textiles |
| false |
| Parts of a Belts | England | 16th century | Textiles |
| false |
| Border | Germany | 16th–17th century | Textiles |
| false |
| Chalice | German Possibly Saxony | c. 1500–c. 1520 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Shaffron | Ottoman, Turkish | 16th century | Applied Arts of Europe |
| false |
| Halberd | German | 1500-50 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Close Helmet | German | c. 1510 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Salt | Innsbruck, Austria | 16th century | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Shishak | Possibly Caucasus or Turkey | 16th century | Applied Arts of Europe |
| false |
| Halberd | German | 1500-50 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Peytral of a Horse Armor | German | c. 1520 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Close Helmet | German or Austrian (possibly Innsbruck) | c. 1510 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Close Helmet | South German | 1510/20 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Breastplate with Tassets (Thigh Defenses) | Probably Italian | c. 1510 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Elements of Composite Armor | German or Austrian | c. 1520 with later additions | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Infantry Armor | German, possibly Cologne | 1510/15 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Field Armor for Man | South German, Nuremberg | c. 1520 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Jousting Lance with Vamplate | German | 1560/80, modern lance | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Fluted Field Armor | German, Nuremberg | c. 1520 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Lance for the Carousel (Running at the Ring) | German, Dresden | 1700-50 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Mail Cape (Bishop's Mantle) | German | 1520/70 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Curb Bit | German | 1510/20 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Roundel Dagger and Scabbard | German | 1500-20 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Hand-and-a-Half Sword | German, Passau | c. 1520 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Cantle Plate | German | c. 1520 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Katzbalger (Infantry Sword) | Swiss or German | 1500/15 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Saddle Steels (Front three piece) | Italian, Milan | c. 1575 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Display Plate with Judith Holding the Head of Holofernes | Italian; Deruta | 1500/1530 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Plate with a Coat of Arms (Possibly Burgundy) | Spanish; Valencia (probably Manises) | 1500/50 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Composite Dagger | Turkish | Grip (formally a mirror handle): Turkish, 16th century Crossguard: Turkish, 19th century Blade: European, probablly Spanish, late 16th–early 17th century | Applied Arts of Europe |
| false |
| Nuihaku (Noh Costume) | Japan | Momoyama period (1568–1615), 16th century | Textiles |
| false |
| Baptismal Shells (3) | Mexico | 16th to 18th century | Applied Arts of Europe |
| false |
| Cope | Italy or Spain | 1500-1525 | Textiles |
| false |
| Panel | Probably Morocco | Probably Saadi (السعديون; Saʿdī) dynasty (1510-1659), 16th-17th century | Textiles |
| false |
| Pair of Shells with Portraits Forming a Purse | Limoges Pottery & Porcelain Factories France, founded 1736 Attributed to Nardon Pénicaud French, c.1470-1542/43 | Early 16th century or 19th century | Applied Arts of Europe |
| false |
| Close Helmet | Domenico dei Barini, called Negroli Italian, Milan, 1492—c. 1516 | c. 1510/15 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| false |
| Plate with a Seated Woman | South Netherlandish or German | 1425/1475 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Dish | Portuguese; possibly Lisbon | c. 1500 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Casket | Italian | 1500/1525 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Reliquary Pendant of Saint Barbara | French or Netherlandish | c. 1500 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| false |
| Plate | Italy, Umbria | c.1500/50 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| false |
| Writing Cabinet (Escritorio) | Spanish, possibly Granada | 1500/50 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Halberd | Master B. E. (Italian) | 1500/40 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Beaker with Cover | German; Nuremburg or Augsburg | c. 1500 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Arming Sword | Probably Italian | 1520/30 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |
| Sword | Northern Italian | c. 1500 | Applied Arts of Europe |
| true |