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 “Belle Jardinière, Paris” — 64 records examined, 29 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 10:36 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.
Suit, by Belle Jardinière, Paris

Suit

Belle Jardinière, Paris · ca. 1900

Public domainThe Met
Plant Stand (Jardinière), by Bruckmann & Sohne, German, 1805 – 1973

Plant Stand (Jardinière)

Bruckmann & Sohne, German, 1805 – 1973 · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Longcase astronomical regulator, by Ferdinand Berthoud

Longcase astronomical regulator

Ferdinand Berthoud · ca. 1768–70

Public domainThe Met
Head of the Madonna (from la Belle Jardiniere), by Unidentified (European)

Head of the Madonna (from la Belle Jardiniere)

Unidentified (European) · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jo, La Belle Irlandaise, by Gustave Courbet

Jo, La Belle Irlandaise

Gustave Courbet · 1865–66

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Jardiniere and Candelabrum

Design for a Jardiniere and Candelabrum

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1855

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bookstand, by Charles-Auguste Questel

Bookstand

Charles-Auguste Questel · 1839

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Jardiniere

Design for a Jardiniere

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1855

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tester bed (lit à la duchesse en impériale), by Georges Jacob

Tester bed (lit à la duchesse en impériale)

Georges Jacob · ca. 1782–83

Public domainThe Met
Man Ringing a Bell, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

Man Ringing a Bell

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1773

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Table clock with calendar, by Lucien Falize

Table clock with calendar

Lucien Falize · 1881

Public domainThe Met
Jardinière, by Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773

Jardinière

Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1735 – 1773 · ca. 1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) (one of a pair) (part of a set), by Georges Jacob

Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Georges Jacob · ca. 1780–85

Public domainThe Met
Jardiniere

Jardiniere

Artist not stated in the record

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Seated Chinese, by Saint-Cloud factory

Seated Chinese

Saint-Cloud factory · ca. 1730–40

Public domainThe Met
Jardinière

Jardinière

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sofa (canapé à confidents), by Claude I Sené

Sofa (canapé à confidents)

Claude I Sené · ca. 1775–80

Public domainThe Met
Jardinière

Jardinière

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1800–25

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Miniature cabinet or house altar, by Reinhold Vasters

Miniature cabinet or house altar

Reinhold Vasters · ca. 1876–95

Public domainThe Met
Dicranoloma menziesii (Hook. f. & Wilson) Paris

Dicranoloma menziesii (Hook. f. & Wilson) Paris

Artist not stated in the record · Jan 1889

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Artist not stated in the record · early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
St. Sulpice Paris, La Grande Tour, by Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, born Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada 1876-died Marrakesh, Morocco 19

St. Sulpice Paris, La Grande Tour

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, born Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada 1876-died Marrakesh, Morocco 19 · 1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jardinière, by Charles Volkmar

Jardinière

Charles Volkmar · ca. 1877–79

Public domainThe Met
Cuvettes et Sonnettes pour les Burettes, by Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783

Cuvettes et Sonnettes pour les Burettes

Pierre Germain, French, 1703 - 1783 · 1748

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. 1209 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 31909 matched · 40 examined · 27 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 2026-09-03 10:36 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.