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 from the Mantle of Don Felipe	Villalcázar de Sirga, provence of Palencia, Kingdom of Castile (present-day Spain)	1275-1300	Textiles	silk	false
Probably a Fragment from a Garment of Don Felipe	Possibly Villalcázar de Sirga, Spain	1275-1300	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Loincloth Panel	Chimú Peru, Probably north coast	1250-1470	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Loincloth Panel	Chimú Peru, Probably north coast	1250-1470	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment (Loincloth)	Chimú Peru, Probably north coast	1250-1470	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment (Loincloth)	Chimú Peru, Probably north coast	1250-1470	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Panel	Possibly Chimú Peru, Possibly north coast	1250-1470	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Chimú Peru, Probably north coast	1250-1532	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Tunic Fragment	Possibly Chimú Peru, Possibly north coast	1250-1532	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Plaques from a Reliquary Casket with the Martyrdom of a Saint	French; Limoges	1200–50	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Fragment (Loincloth)	Chimú Peru, Probably north coast	1250-1470	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Possibly Chimú Possibly north coast, Peru	1250-1532	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment (Tunic)	Chimú Peru, north coast, Trujillo	1250-1470	Textiles	other	false
Fragment	Possibly Chimú Possibly north coast, Peru	1250-1470	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Probably Chimú Probably north coast, Peru	1250-1470	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Chimú Probably north coast, Peru	1250-1532	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Chimú Probably north coast, Peru	1250-1470	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Band	Chimú Probably north coast, Peru	1250-1470	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Half of a Tabard	Peru, Probably central or south coast	1250-1450	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Half of a Tabard	Peru, Possibly south coast	1250-1450	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Possibly Chimú Peru, Possibly north coast	1250-1470	Textiles	other	false
Fragment (Band)	Possibly Chimú Possibly north coast, Peru	1250-1532	Textiles	other	false
Fragment (Border)	Chimú Peru, Probably north coast	1250-1470	Textiles	other	false
Casket	German	13th century	Applied Arts of Europe	metal wood paper	true
Fragment	Spain or Sicily	13th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Egypt	Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/Mamluk period (1250–1517), 13th/14th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Fragment from the Dalmatic of San Valero	Spain	13th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment with Roundel Pattern	Spain	13th-14th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment of Striped Silk	Egypt	13th-15th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Fragment From the Chasuble of San Valero	Spain	13th century	Textiles	silk	false
Panel	Eastern Islamic World	13th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment	Egypt	Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/Mamluk period (1250–1517), 13th/14th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Border	Egypt	Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/Mamluk period (1250–1517), 13th/14th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Italy	13th/14th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment	Egypt	Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/Mamluk period (1250–1517), 13th/14th century	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Band	Egypt	Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/Mamluk period (1250–1517), 13th/14th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Spain or Italy	13th/14th century	Textiles	silk	false
Panel	Spain (Possibly Italy)	13th-14th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Plaque with the Crucifixion	French; Limoges	1200–10	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Two Plaques with Interlaced Chimeras	French; Limoges	1200–50	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Agnus Dei	French; Limoges	1200–25	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Tart Mold Ring	French	13th century	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	false
Fragment	Egypt	13th-14th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Egypt	13th-14th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Egypt or Syria	1200-50	Textiles	silk	false
Reliquary Casket	French; Limoges	c. 1200	Applied Arts of Europe	metal wood	true
Plaque with a Bishop	Follower of Nicholas of Verdun (French [Lorraine] or Mosan, active 1181–1205)	1180–1200	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Spandrel for a Reliquary Shrine	German; Cologne	1170–80	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Spandrel for a Reliquary Shrine	German; Cologne	1170–80	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Plaque with Hope	Germany (Rhineland) or French (Troyes)	1160–80	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true