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
Plaque with Aaron	German (Rhineland) or French (Troyes)	1160–80	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Plaque with Saints James and John the Evangelist	Mosan (Meuse River Valley)	1160–80	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Shaft of a Column	German; Rhineland	1175–1200	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Plaque from an Arch of a Reliquary Shrine	German; Rhineland	1175–1200	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Fragment	Egypt	12th century	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Egypt	Fatimid period (969–1171)/Ayyubid period (1171–1250)/Mamluk period (1250–1517), 12th/13th century	Textiles	silk cotton_linen	false
Casket	Italian; Sicily	12th century	Applied Arts of Europe	metal	true
Reliquary Casket of Saints Adrian and Natalia	León, Spain	1100–50	Applied Arts of Europe	metal wood	true
Fragment	Egypt	Late Fatimite (969–1171 CE)/ Ayyubid period (1171–1250), 11th/13th century	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Egypt	Fatimid period (969–1171), late 11th/early 12th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment	Iran	11th/13th century	Textiles	silk	false
Headcloth	Chancay Central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Panel	Lambayeque North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Panel	Lambayeque North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Panel	Lambayeque North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Panel	Probably Chancay Probably central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Panel	Probably Chancay Probably central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Lambayeque Probably north coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment of a Garment	Chancay Central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Lambayeque Probably north coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Tunic shoulder fragment	Chancay Central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Panel	Lambayeque North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Chancay Central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Panel	Lambayeque North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Border Fragment	Chancay Central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Panel	Lambayeque North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Panel	Chancay Central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Headcloth Fragment	Chancay Central coast, Peru	11th-15th century	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Panel	Chancay Central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Possibly Lambayeque Probably north or central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Tunic	Lambayeque North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Panel	Chancay Central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Fish	Rimac North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Panel	Rimac North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Patch	Lambayeque North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Patch	Lambayeque North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Patch	Lambayeque Peru, Probably north coast	1000-1476	Textiles	other	false
Work Basket	Possibly Chancay Central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Probably Chancay Probably central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	other	false
Band Fragments	Lambayeque North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Patch	Lambayeque North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Patch	Lambayeque North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Panel	Rimac North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Mantle Corners	Chancay Central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Panel	Rimac North coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Panel	Chancay Central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Loincloth Panel	Chancay Peru, Central coast	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Loincloth Panel	Chancay Peru, Central coast	1000-1476	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Headcloth	Chancay Central coast, Peru	1000-1476	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Neck or Armhole Panel	Ica Peru, south coast, Ica Valley	1000-1532	Textiles	other	false