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	Egypt	9th-10th century	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragments (Tunic)	Provincial Wari Possibly north-central coast, Peru	800-1100	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment with Step-Fret Design	Nasca South coast, Peru	9th-12th century	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Tunic	Nasca Peru, Probably south coast	800-900	Textiles	other	false
Band	Nasca Probably south coast, Peru	800-900	Textiles	wool	false
Panel (Probably from a Mantle)	Nasca Peru, Probably south coast	800-900	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment (Band)	Provincial Wari Probably central or south coast, Peru	800-1100	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Moche-Huari Possibly Huarmey Valley, north-central coast, Peru	500 CE-1000	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Tunic	Nasca Probably south coast, Peru	800-900	Textiles	wool	false
Fragment (Band)	Provincial Wari Probably central or south coast, Peru	800 CE-1100	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Band	Provincial Wari Peru	800 CE-1100	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Headband	Provincial Wari Possibly central coast, Peru	800 CE-1100	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment (Band)	Provincial Wari South coast, Peru	800 CE-1100	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment (Band)	Possibly provincial Wari Possibly central coast, Peru	800 CE-1100	Textiles	other	false
Band Fragment	Possibly provincial Wari Probably central or south coast, Peru	800 CE-1100	Textiles	other	false
Fragment	Possibly provincial Wari Possibly central coast, Peru	800 CE-1100	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Provincial Wari Peru, Probably central or south coast	800 CE-1100	Textiles	other	false
Fragment (Dress Fabric)	China	Tang dynasty (CE 618–906), late 8th/early 9th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment	Probably central coast, Peru	750–1100	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Iran, Iraq, or Egypt (Persia)	Umayyad dynasty (661-750 CE), mid-8th century	Textiles	wool	false
Fragments	Possibly Nasca-Wari South coast, Peru, possibly Nazca Valley	700 CE-900 CE	Textiles	other	false
Fragment	Nasca-Wari Peru, south coast, Probably Nazca Valley	700-900	Textiles	other	false
Band	Nasca-Wari Peru, south coast, Nazca Valley, Hacienda las Trancas	700-900	Textiles	other	false
Fragment (Band)	Nasca Peru, Probably south coast	700-900	Textiles	other	false
Band	Possibly Nasca-Wari Probably central or south coast, Peru	700 CE-900 CE	Textiles	other	false
Band	Nasca-Wari Probably south coast, Peru	700 CE-900 CE	Textiles	other	false
Band Fragment	Nasca-Wari Probably south coast, Peru	700 CE-900 CE	Textiles	other	false
Fragment (Band)	Nasca-Wari Probably south coast, Peru	700-900	Textiles	other	false
Band or Belt Fragment	Nasca-Wari Probably south coast, Peru	700 CE-900 CE	Textiles	other	false
Fragments	Nasca-Wari Peru, Probably south coast	700 CE-900 CE	Textiles	metal	false
Fragment	Nasca-Wari Peru	700 CE-900 CE	Textiles	other	false
Fragment	Nasca-Wari Peru, Probably south coast	700-900	Textiles	metal	false
Fragments	Nasca-Wari Peru, Probably south coast	700-900	Textiles	other	false
Fragment (Border)	Nasca-Wari Peru, Probably south coast	700 CE-900 CE	Textiles	other	false
Roundel Fragment	Egypt	7th century	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Egypt	7th-8th century	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Child's Tunic	Egypt	7th century	Textiles	cotton_linen	false
Fragment	Egypt	7th century	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Roundel	Iran (Persia, Khorasan)	7th century	Textiles	silk	false
Fragment (Border)	Egypt	Roman period (30 BCE– 641 CE)/ Arab period (641–969), 7th/8th century	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Tunic	Wari Nazca Valley, Atarco, Nazca Valley, Peru	600-800	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Tunic Fragment	Wari Probably central or south coast, Peru	600-800	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Tunic	Wari Probably central or south coast, Peru	600-800	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Hat	Wari Peru, Probably central or south coast	600 CE-900 CE	Textiles	wool	false
Mantle	Wari Peru, Probably south coast	AD 600/800	Textiles	wool	false
Fragment	Wari Uyujalla basin, Ica Valley, south coast, Peru	About 600-800 CE	Textiles	wool	false
Tunic	Possibly Huari or Late Nasca Possibly central highlands or south coast, Peru	600 CE-800 CE	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false
Hat	Wari Probably central or south coast, Peru	600 CE-900 CE	Textiles	wool	false
Fragments (From a Tunic)	Wari Peru, Possibly central or south coast	600-800	Textiles	other	false
Headband	Wari Probably central or south coast, Peru	600 CE-900 CE	Textiles	wool cotton_linen	false