Shawl

Artist not stated in the record · 1840–1850 · held by Smithsonian Open Access · United States jurisdiction only

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Read from content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access · fetched live

Held bySmithsonian Open Access

Rights fieldcontent.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access

Value returnedCC0

MediumMedium: silk, cotton, wool Technique: 3/1 twill patterned by supplementary wefts (multicolor) bound on the front in 1/3 twill. Double interlocked tapestry weave. The floats of the supplementary wefts on the back were cut off after weaving in the finishing proess to reduce weight. The foundation weft is white wool in the center and brown cotton in both patterned ends. The warp was dyed orange for the areas which are densely patterned, but not for the white square in the middle. At both ends, sections of warp are dyed to intensify the colors of the tapestry woven bars and the fringe.

Credit lineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert

File size8079 × 17625 px

JurisdictionUnited States

Archive queried2026-09-02 08:18 UTC — fetched live for this view

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What this status means

Smithsonian labels these records CC0, not “public domain.” CC0 is a dedication: the rights holder waives the rights it held. That is public-domain-equivalent in effect, but it is not the same legal mechanism as a copyright term that expired — it is a live, affirmative act by a rights holder rather than the passage of time. OpenGlyph reports the field as it is written rather than flattening it into a term determination.

Where the status came from

OpenGlyph holds no verdict of its own for this object. It queried Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu) and read content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access, which returned CC0. If that field had said anything else, the record would not have rendered at all — non-qualifying objects are dropped before a page exists for them.

That query ran at 2026-09-02 08:18 UTC — during this request. The answer is now kept for 24 hours and replayed for anyone who opens this record again, so a later view may show an earlier timestamp than its own. A request that fails is never kept, so an archive outage can never be replayed as though it were a rights determination.

What this does not cover

Copyright only, and only in the United States. It says nothing about trademark, which is a separate regime that survives a work leaving copyright. It covers the file the archive published, not later restorations, colourisations, crops, or reproductions, each of which can carry a new copyright of its own. Outside the US, most countries measure from the life of the author rather than a fixed publication date, so the answer can differ.

Informational, not legal advice

This is a reading of one archive’s published rights field, taken at the time recorded in the margin. It is not a legal opinion and not a clearance. Institutions revise their own determinations. Verify against the object page linked in the margin before relying on this commercially.

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Elsewhere in the catalogue

Section 01Character index6 hand-compiled entries, each with sources, version scope, and a confidence value.Section 02NewsWhat has already cleared the US term, and what clears next — January 1, 2027.Section 03MethodThree status values, three confidence values, and copyright kept apart from trademark.