OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 24 shown for “Abstract blossoms and kanoko pattern” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 03:25 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
White Plum Blossoms and Moon, by Itō Jakuchū

White Plum Blossoms and Moon

Itō Jakuchū · 1755

Public domainThe Met
Abstract blossoms and kanoko pattern

Abstract blossoms and kanoko pattern

Artist not stated in the record · mid 18th - early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Clog-shaped tea bowl (kutsu-gata chawan) with plum blossoms and geometric patterns

Clog-shaped tea bowl (kutsu-gata chawan) with plum blossoms and geometric patterns

Artist not stated in the record · early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Ceiling paper, by Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Sandy Hill, New York

Ceiling paper

Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Sandy Hill, New York · 1905–1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kosode Fragment

Kosode Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · second half of the 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Abstract Blossom Motif

Abstract Blossom Motif

Artist not stated in the record · mid 18th - early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000), by Gustav Klimt

Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000)

Gustav Klimt · 1912–13

Public domainThe Met
Pitcher, by Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967

Pitcher

Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967 · 1887

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hortensia, by Fernand Khnopff

Hortensia

Fernand Khnopff · 1884

Public domainThe Met
Frieze, by Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882

Frieze

Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882 · 1905–1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Carpet with Irises, Tulips, and Other Flowering Plants

Carpet with Irises, Tulips, and Other Flowering Plants

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1650

Public domainThe Met
Chrysanthemum Blossoms

Chrysanthemum Blossoms

Artist not stated in the record · mid 18th - early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase Carpet

Vase Carpet

Artist not stated in the record · late 16th–early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th–early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase, by Newcomb Pottery

Vase

Newcomb Pottery · 1902

Public domainThe Met
Sparrows and Bamboo leaves and other Blossoms on a Checked Pattern

Sparrows and Bamboo leaves and other Blossoms on a Checked Pattern

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th - early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930), by Vincent van Gogh

La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930)

Vincent van Gogh · 1889

Public domainThe Met
Frieze, by Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900

Frieze

Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900 · 1905–1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Furisode

Furisode

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Robe (Kosode) with Bamboo and Plum

Robe (Kosode) with Bamboo and Plum

Artist not stated in the record · second half 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Blossoms on a grid

Blossoms on a grid

Artist not stated in the record · mid 18th - early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flowers of Spring and Autumn, by Ogata Kōrin

Flowers of Spring and Autumn

Ogata Kōrin · shortly after 1701

Public domainThe Met
Frieze

Frieze

Artist not stated in the record · 1905–1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 27 matched · 24 examined · 4 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 1465252 matched · 40 examined · 1 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-02 03:25 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.