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 |
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| Knife | European, possibly Dutch | late 17th century | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Fork | European, possibly Dutch | late 17th century | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Combined Axe-Flintlock Gun-Dagger | East German or Polish (Silesia; possibly Teschen) | 1660/80 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Hunting Hanger | Handle: German Crossguard and Blade: German | Handle: about 1670 Crossguard and Blade: 18th century | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Embroidery with Allegorical and Mythological Motifs | Peru, probably Lima | 1660s | Textiles |
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| Portable Diptych with Compass, Sundial, and Perpetual Calendar | Charles Bloud French, mid to late 17th century France | 1660/80 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Cyrus Defeats Spargapises from The Story of Cyrus | Adapted from designs by Michiel Coxie (1499–1592) Produced at the workshop of Albert Auwercx (1629–1709) Brussels | c. 1670 | Textiles |
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| Jug | Painted by Johann Schaper German, 1621-1670 Nuremberg, Germany | c. 1665 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Caudle Cup with Cover | Arthur Manwaring English, active 1643-91 London, England | 1659/60 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Tazza | Possibly by William Hough English, active after 1641 London, England | 1659/60 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Pair of Flintlock Pistols | Dutch, Maastricht | 1660–70 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Goblet | Northern Europe | c. 1660–80 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Flute | Netherlands or Belgium | c. 1660/80 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Court Cupboard | England | c. 1660 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Needlework Picture Depicting the Four Seasons | England | about 1660 | Textiles |
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| Plate | Possibly Paulus Öham German, 1634-1671 Germany, Nuremberg | c. 1660 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Goblet (Pokal) | Georg Schwanhardt German, active mid-17th century Nuremberg, Germany | c. 1660 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Fragment (From a Chair Panel (K’assu) | China | Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1654/1772 | Textiles |
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| Inkwell | Isaac Ruprecht German, 1652-1678 Germany | 1652/78 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Sampler | Mary Bidgood (English, active mid-17th century) England | 1651 | Textiles |
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| Winged Goblet (Flügelglas) | Southern Netherlands, or Germany | c. 1670-c. 1690 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Parrying Dagger | South Italian or Spanish | 1650/60 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Parrying Dagger | Spanish or south Italian | 1650/1675 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Wheellock Birding Rifle (Tschinke) | Polish, Silesia, Teschen | 1650/60 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Boar Sword | German | 1650/60 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Scarf Sword | Hilt: northern European (possibly Swedish) Blade: possibly Italian or Spanish | c. 1660 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Oval Box Depicting Charles II and Catherine of Braganza | England | about 1660 | Textiles |
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| Jiasha (Mantle) | Han China | Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1650/1725 | Textiles |
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| Table Napkin Commemorating the Marriage of Louis XIV (1638–1715) and Marie-Therese (1638–1683) in 1660 | France | c. 1660 | Textiles |
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| Panel or Hanging | China | Late–Ming dynasty (1368–1644)/Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1650/1700 | Textiles |
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| Kesa | Japan | 1650/1700, Edo period (1615–1868) | Textiles |
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| Buddhist Monk's Cape (Incomplete) | China | Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1650/1700 | Textiles |
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| Needlework Picture Depicting the Queen of Sheba Before King Solomon | England | about 1660 | Textiles |
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| Valance | China | Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1650/1700 | Textiles |
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| Bed Curtain | Manchu China | Mid–17th/mid–18th century | Textiles |
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| Silk | Iran (Persia, Isfahan) | 1650/1700 | Textiles |
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| Pair of Banners | China | Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1650/1700 | Textiles |
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| Pair of Flintlock Holster Pistols | Lazzarino Cominazzo Italian, Brescia, 17th century | c. 1660/70 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Wine Taster | London, England | 1649/50 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Flintlock (Patilla) in the Spanish or southern Italian style | Brescia, Italy | c. 1660 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Smallsword | Crossguard and Pommel: attributed to Gottfried Christian Leygebe German, Nuremberg, 1630-1683 Blade: French, early 18th century Grip: German | Crossguard and Pommel: c. 1650 Blade: early 18th century Grip: c. 1550 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Powder Flask | Johann Georg Maucher (workshop) German, Schwäbisch Gmünd, active 1650-1700 | c. 1650 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Double-Barrel Revolving Flintlock Pocket Pistol | Lock signed Henri Suber French, Marseilles 17th century | c. 1650/60 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Cabinet | Cabinet: Augsburg (now Germany); internal panels: Eger, Bohemia (now Cheb, Czech Republic) | c. 1640–50 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Triple-Barrel Revolving Flintlock Fowling Piece from the Gun Cabinet of the Princes of Liechtenstein | Gunsmith: Tilman Keucks (Dutch) | c. 1650 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Smallsword for a Child | French | c. 1670 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Beaker | Netherlands | c. 1640 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Cup-Hilted Rapier | South Italian or Spanish | c. 1650/60 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Cup-Hilted Rapier | Hilt: Italian; blade: Tomas Ayala, Spanish, Toledo | About 1650 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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| Rapier | Spanish or south Italian | 1640/60 | Applied Arts of Europe |
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