Craft & Design Objects

Name: Craft & Design Objects
Creator: Little Birdie Studio
License: Open-access data is CC0; public-domain images are served via IIIF links without redistribution.

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: 09/03/2026
Update schedule: 5 11 20 * * UTC
Coverage: 03/03/2026–09/03/2026
Method: Methodology

Object	Artist	Date	Department	Material family	On view
Fragment	Granada, Spain	15th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment (From an Orphrey Band)	Italy	15th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment	Egypt	Mamluk period (1250–1517), 15th century	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Painted cotton with medallion and figures	Deccan, India	15th century	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Probably Emirate of Granada (present-day southern Spain)	Nasrid Dynasty (ruled 1232–1492), 15th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment	Probably Emirate of Granada (present-day southern Spain)	Nasrid Dynasty (ruled 1232–1492), 15th century	Textiles	silk	false
Narrow Strip	Spain	15th century	Textiles	silk	false
Square	Germany	15th century	Textiles	silk wool	false
Fragment (Furnishing Fabric)	China	Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th century	Textiles	silk paper	false
Chasuble Front with Orphrey Cross	Chasuble: Florence, Italy Orphrey Cross: Bohemia or Germany	Chasuble: 15th century; Orphrey Cross: 1401/50	Textiles	silk cotton_linen metal	false
Ceremonial Shawl (Kata)	China	Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 15th/16th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment	Italy	1401-1425	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Fragment of Velvet	Probably Florence, Italy	1401–50	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment (From an Orphrey Band)	Italy	15th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Half of a Tabard	Chimú, Ica, or Chincha (“Provincial Inca”?) Peru, south coast, Possibly Nazca Valley	1400-1532	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Stool	North European	15th century	Applied Arts of Europe	wood	true
Front of Mail Breech	European	15th century	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Pair of Spurs	Hungarian	15th/16th century	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Saddle	Central European, probably Bohemian	1400-20	Applied Arts of Europe	metal wood	false
Fragment with Nasrid Coat of Arms	Probably Emirate of Granada (present-day southern Spain)	Nasrid Dynasty (ruled 1232–1492), about 1400	Textiles	silk	false
Visored Bascinet	Western European	1390/1400	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Casket	Embriachi Workshop (Florence, Italy, c. 1370-1395 and Venice, Italy, 1395-c. 1420) Italian; Venice	c. 1390-c. 1410	Applied Arts of Europe	silk metal wood	true
Thrusting Sword (Estoc)	Western European, probably Solingen or Passau, Germany	1390/1400	Applied Arts of Europe	metal wood	true
Reliquary Monstrance with Relics of Saints Anianus and Lawrence	German, probably Brunswick (Braunschweig)	1375/1400	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Crozier	Italian	14th century, with 15th century German and other later metal fittings	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Fragment	Egypt	Mamluk period (1250–1517), 14th/ 15th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment	Egypt	Mamluk period (1250–1517), late 14th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment from an Orphrey	Italy, Florence	1360s	Textiles	silk cotton_linen metal	false
Circular Reliquary with Domed Roof and Relics of Saints Godehard and Bernward	German, Brunswick (Braunschweig)	1375/1400	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Panel	Germany, Lower Saxony	1350-1375	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion	Follower of Johannes Apengeter (German, active about 1325-50)	c. 1350	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Mirror Case with Falconry Scene	French, Paris	1325–50	Applied Arts of Europe	other	false
Fragment	Italy	14th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Italy	Late 14th/15th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Altar Cross	German, probably Brunswick (Braunschweig)	c. 1325; foot: 15th century	Applied Arts of Europe	metal wood	true
Girdle (Belt)	North Italian	c. 1325–c. 1375	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	false
Fragment of Embroidery	China	Yüan dynasty (1279–1368), 14th century	Textiles	silk metal paper	true
Reliquary Monstrance	French; Limoges	1300–1400	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Woven Silk Fragment Supplemented with Drawing	Paul Schulze (German, 1854-1928) Italy and Germany	Fragment: 14th century; drawing: 19th century	Textiles	metal paper	false
Fragment (From an Orphrey Band)	Possibly after work by Naddo Ceccharelli (Italian, active 14th century) Sienna, Italy	14th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen metal	false
Fragment	Granada, Spain	14th/15th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment	Middle East, Spain, or Italy	14th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Egypt	Mamluk period (1250–1517), 14th/15th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment	Egypt	Mamluk period (1250–1517), 14th/15th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment	Egypt	Mamluk period (1250–1517), 14th century	Textiles	silk	false
Chest	German; Alsace	14th century	Applied Arts of Europe	metal wood	true
Poncho	Chuquibamba region (south coast, Peru)	1300-1550	Textiles	wool	false
Footed Pyx Used as a Reliquary	German; probably Brunswick (Braunschweig)	14th century	Applied Arts of Europe	metal wood	true
Bottle	Germany, Cologne	Late Medieval Period	Applied Arts of Europe	glass	false
Reliquary Cross with the Arms of the Veltheim Family	German; Brunswick (Braunschweig)	c. 1300	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true