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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
Plaque with Marcus Aurelius AntoninusWedgwood Manufactory England, founded 17591778/80Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
Plaque with NeroWedgwood Manufactory England, founded 17591778/80Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
TureenGotha Porcelain Factory German, 1757-19th centuryc. 1783/1805Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
Les Quatre Parties du Monde (Four Quarters of the Globe) (Furnishing Fabric)Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811) Manufactured by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (naturalized French, 1738-1815), Oberkampf Manufactory (French, 1760-1843) Jouy-en-Josas, Francec. 1785Textiles
  • cotton_linen
  • metal
false
Le Tombeau de Jean Jacques Rousseau (The Tomb of Jean Jacques Rousseau) (Furnishing Fabric)Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811) after Jean Michel Moreau, the Younger (French, 1741–1814) Manufactured by Gorgerat Frères et Cie (French, 1783, 1815) France, Nantesafter 1778Textiles
  • cotton_linen
  • metal
false
Cup and SaucerSèvres Porcelain Manufactory French, founded 1740 Painted by Guillaume Noël (French, 1734/5-1804, active 1755-1800)1777Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
Fish ServerWilliam Plummer English, active 1755-91 London, England1777Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
false
Panel (Furnishing Fabric)Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811) after Jean Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728-1808) Jouy-en-Josas or Nantes, Francec. 1786Textiles
  • cotton_linen
  • metal
false
Plaque with Marcus AntoniusWedgwood Manufactory England, founded 17591776/80Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
UrnFrankenthal Porcelain Factory German, founded 17551776/77Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
UrnFrankenthal Porcelain Factory German, founded 17551776/77Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
UrnFrankenthal Porcelain Factory German, founded 17551776/77Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
Panel (Dress Fabric)Made in China for the European/American marketQing dynasty (1644–1911), 1776/1800Textiles
  • silk
false
The Arrival of Telemachus on Calypso's Island from The Story of TelemachusAfter a design by an unknown artist based on an engraving after François Boucher (1703–1770), The Arrival of Telemachus on Calypso’s Island (L’arrivée de Télémaque dans l’île de Calypso) Possibly woven at the workshop of Gabriel Babonneix (born 1756?) at the Manufacture Royale d’Aubusson France, Aubussonafter 1776Textiles
  • silk
  • wool
  • cotton_linen
false
Fragment (Border from Wide Towel)Republic of Türkiye1775‒1900Textiles
  • silk
  • cotton_linen
true
Smallsword and ScabbardCutler: Thomas Prosser (English, 1774-1795)c. 1785Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
FanPainted by Benjamin West (American, 1728–1836) England1775/1800Textiles
  • metal
  • paper
false
Length of Dress FabricPossibly manufactured by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (naturalized French, 1738-1815), Oberkampf Manufactory (French, 1760-1843) Possibly Jouy-en-Josas, Francec. 1785Textiles
  • cotton_linen
false
PanelManchu ChinaQing dynasty (1644–1911), 1775/1800Textiles
  • silk
  • cotton_linen
  • metal
  • paper
false
Man's Jifu (Semiformal Court Robe)Manchu ChinaQing dynasty (1644–1911), c. 1780s-1790sTextiles
  • silk
  • metal
  • paper
false
Basket-Hilted Broadsword (Schiavona)Italian; Venice1775/1800Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
Military Smallsword and Scabbard of a Member of the British Royal FamilyCutlers: John Highlord Bland (English, died 1791) and Robert Foster (English, 1758-1798), London1787/91Applied Arts of Europe
  • metal
  • wood
true
Punch BowlBerlin Porcelain Manufactory (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur im Berlin) Germany, 1763-1918c. 1780Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
Buzi (Court Rank Badge)Manchu ChinaQing dynasty (1644–1911), 1775/1800Textiles
  • silk
  • metal
  • paper
false
Cushion CoverManchu ChinaQing dynasty (1644–1911), 1775/1800Textiles
  • silk
  • metal
  • paper
false
Woman's Aigi (Inner Robe)JapanEdo period (1789–1868), late 1700sTextiles
  • silk
false
Le Couronnement de la Rosière (The Crowning of the Rose Maiden) (Furnishing Fabric)Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811) after Jean Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805) Manufactured by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf (naturalized French, 1738-1815), Oberkampf Manufactory (French, 1760-1843) Jouy-en-Josas, Francec. 1780Textiles
  • cotton_linen
  • metal
false
Vestment (For a First-degree Taoist Priest)Han-Chinese ChinaQing dynasty (1644–1911), 1775/1850Textiles
  • silk
  • cotton_linen
  • metal
  • paper
false
Hanging Portière or Panel for a BedPossibily Designed by Gobelins Factory or René Beauvais France1775/1825Textiles
  • silk
  • wool
  • cotton_linen
false
Man's Angarkha (Outer Robe)IndiaLate 18th or early 19th centuryTextiles
  • cotton_linen
false
Pole Screen with Venus and CupidEnglandLate 18th centuryApplied Arts of Europe
  • wood
false
PanelFrance Auvergne (?)1775/1799Textiles
  • silk
  • cotton_linen
false
PanelDesigned by Philippe de LaSalle (French, 1723–1803/5) France, Lyonc. 1780Textiles
  • silk
false
FragmentAfter a design by Philippe de LaSalle (French, 1723–1803/5) France1775/80Textiles
  • silk
false
FragmentFranceLouis XVI period, 1774–1792, late 18th centuryTextiles
  • silk
false
America Presenting at the Altar of Liberty Medallions of her Illustrious Sons (Furnishing Fabric)After etchings by Pierre Eugène du Simitière (American, born Switzerland, c. 1736-1784) after John Trumbull (American, 1756- 1843) Englandc. 1785Textiles
  • cotton_linen
  • metal
false
PanelSpain1775/1800Textiles
  • silk
false
PanelFrance1775/1800Textiles
  • silk
false
Moon Shawl (Chand-Dar)Kashmir, IndiaMughal period (1526–1858), late 18th centuryTextiles
  • wool
false
PanelFrance, LyonDirectoire period, c. 1785Textiles
  • silk
false
Soup PlateChinac. 1780Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
PlateChinac. 1780Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
CandlestickChina1775/1800Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
A Panel from a Porticoes SeriesAfter designs by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686–1755), Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811), or artists in their circle Woven at an unknown workshop at the Manufacture Royale du Beauvais or the Manufacture Royale d’Aubusson France, Beauvais or Aubusson1775/1800Textiles
  • silk
  • wool
false
FragmentFranceLouis XVI period, 1774–1792, late 18th centuryTextiles
  • silk
false
PanelFrance, LyonDirectoire Period, c. 1785Textiles
  • silk
false
Tea Bowl and SaucerChinac. 1780Applied Arts of Europe
  • ceramic
false
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians (Furnishing Fabric)After an engraving by John Hall (English, 1739–1797), after a painting by Benjamin West (American, 1738–1826) Englandc. 1785Textiles
  • cotton_linen
  • metal
false
Ôhi (Stole)JapanEdo period (1615–1868), 1775/1825Textiles
  • silk
  • metal
  • paper
false
Fragment Entitled "William Penn's Treaty with the Indians"Adapted from an engraving by John Hall (English, 1739–1797) Published by John Boydell (English, 1719–1804), London, 1775 After a painting by Benjamin West (American, 1738–1826) dating from 1771 Englandc. 1785Textiles
  • cotton_linen
  • metal
false