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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
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Coverage
03/03/2026–09/03/2026
Method
Methodology
ObjectArtistDateDepartmentMaterial familyOn view
HalberdGermanc. 1500Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
ArmetNorthern Italian or Flemish1500/20Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Horseman's AxeGerman1500/25Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
War HammerGerman1500/30Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
Triptych with The Crucifixion, The Flagellation, and The EntombmentFrench; Limogesc. 1500Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
Display Plate with the Bust of a WomanItalian; Deruta1500/30Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • ceramic
true
CopeEngland1490-1525, with later restorationTextiles
  • silk
  • cotton_linen
false
The LoversBasel (present-day Switzerland)1490/1500Textiles
  • silk
  • wool
false
Footed BowlItalian Venicec. 1490Applied Arts of Europe
  • glass
true
Standing BowlItalian; Venice1490/1500Applied Arts of Europe
  • glass
true
The Holy Family with the Infant Christ Pressing the Wine of the EucharistSouthern Netherlands1485/1525Textiles
  • silk
  • wool
  • cotton_linen
false
Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene (“Noli me tangere”)Southern Netherlands, possibly Brussels1485/1500Textiles
  • silk
  • wool
false
The AnnunciationAfter a design by an artist in the circle of Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431–1506)1484/1519Textiles
  • silk
  • wool
  • metal
false
Cover of a Reliquary Container with the Virgin and Child on the Crescent MoonSouth Germanabout 1480Applied Arts of Europe
  • other
true
AhlspiessGerman or Austrian1480-1500Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
MordaxtSwiss or German1480-1500Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
AhlspiessGerman or Austrian1480-1500Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
A Nun Kneeling before Saint John the EvangelistSouth Germanc. 1500Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • glass
true
War HammerGerman1490/1510Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
SalletNorthern Italian; probably Milan1490/1500Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
SalletSpanishc. 1500Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
BreastplateSpanishc. 1500Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
true
BillItalianc. 1500Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
HalberdGermanc. 1500Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
PonchoChuquibamba Peru, Probably south coast1476-1532Textiles
  • wool
false
Tunic Fragment (?)Inca or provincial Inca Peru, Possibly south coastAD. 1476/1532Textiles
  • other
false
BeltInca Probably south coast, Peru1476/1532Textiles
  • wool
  • cotton_linen
false
FragmentPossibly provincial Inca Possibly Yauca Valley, south coast, Peru1476-1532Textiles
  • other
false
FragmentPossibly provincial Inca Possibly Yauca Valley, south coast, Peru1476-1532Textiles
  • other
false
Fragment (Headband or Belt)Possibly provincial Inca Possibly Ocoña Valley, south coast, Peru1476-1532Textiles
  • wool
false
FragmentProvincial Inca Peru, Possibly Nazca Valley, south coast1476-1532Textiles
  • wool
  • cotton_linen
false
BagProvincial Inca Peru, Probably south coast1476-1532Textiles
  • other
false
BagProvincial Inca Peru, south coast, Possibly Majes Valley1476-1532Textiles
  • other
false
Headband or Belt FragmentProvincial Inca Possibly Ocoña Valley, south coast, Peru1476-1532Textiles
  • other
false
FragmentChuquibamba Probably south coast, Peru1476-1532Textiles
  • wool
false
FragmentChuquibamba Probably south coast, Peru1476-1532Textiles
  • wool
false
Headband or Belt FragmentProvincial Inca Probably south coast, Peru1476-1532Textiles
  • other
false
Headband or Belt FragmentProvincial Inca Probably south coast, Peru1476-1532Textiles
  • other
false
FragmentChuquibamba Peru, Probably south coast1476-1532Textiles
  • wool
false
BagProvincial Inca Peru, Probably south coast1476-1532Textiles
  • wool
false
BagProvincial Inca Peru, Probably south coast1476-1532Textiles
  • wool
false
BagProvincial Inca Peru, Probably south coast1476-1532Textiles
  • wool
  • cotton_linen
false
SlingInca Probably south coast, Peru1476/1532Textiles
  • wool
false
Headband or Belt FragmentsProvincial Inca Possibly Ocoña Valley, south coast, Peru1476-1532Textiles
  • other
false
Carrying ClothProvincial Inca Peru, south coast, Rio Grande Valley1476-1532Textiles
  • wool
false
BandProvincial Inca Possibly Ocoña Valley, south coast, Peru1476-1532Textiles
  • other
false
Fragment (Tunic)Provincial Inca Probably north or central coast, Peru1476-1532Textiles
  • wool
  • cotton_linen
false
Coca BagProvincial Inca Peru, Probably south coast1476-1532Textiles
  • other
false
Coca BagProvincial Inca Peru, Probably south coast1476-1532Textiles
  • other
false
Coca BagProvincial Inca Peru, Probably south coast1476-1532Textiles
  • other
false