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 “Candlestand (one of a pair)” — 64 records examined, 19 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 21:58 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.
Candlestand (one of a pair)

Candlestand (one of a pair)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780–90

Public domainThe Met
Ratcheted Candlestand

Ratcheted Candlestand

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Candlestand, by Sèvres Manufactory

Candlestand

Sèvres Manufactory · ca. 1780

Public domainThe Met
Candlestand Design, by Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840

Candlestand Design

Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840 · 1787–95

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Side table (one of a pair), by Matthias Lock

Side table (one of a pair)

Matthias Lock · ca. 1740

Public domainThe Met
Three Gueridons (Candlestands) Designs, by Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713

Three Gueridons (Candlestands) Designs

Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713 · ca.1660–1703

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Boiserie from the Hôtel Lauzun

Boiserie from the Hôtel Lauzun

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1770, with one modern panel

Public domainThe Met
peg, candlestand

peg, candlestand

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Lion (one of a pair), by Johann Gottlieb Kirchner

Lion (one of a pair)

Johann Gottlieb Kirchner · ca. 1732

Public domainThe Met
Vase, Candlestand, and Ornament Design, by Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840

Vase, Candlestand, and Ornament Design

Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840 · 1787–95

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
One from a Pair of Ear Ornaments (Prakaravapra Kundala)

One from a Pair of Ear Ornaments (Prakaravapra Kundala)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1st century BCE–1st century CE

Public domainThe Met
Three Gueridons (Candlestands) Designs, by Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713

Three Gueridons (Candlestands) Designs

Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713 · ca.1660–1703

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Standing shelf (one of a pair), by William Linnell

Standing shelf (one of a pair)

William Linnell · ca. 1753–54

Public domainThe Met
Design for a candlestand, by Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682

Design for a candlestand

Jean Le Pautre, French, 1618–1682 · ca. 1650

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Spring in the guise of Flora (one of a pair), by Pietro Bernini

Spring in the guise of Flora (one of a pair)

Pietro Bernini · 1616–17

Public domainThe Met
Three Gueridons (Candlestands) Designs, by Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713

Three Gueridons (Candlestands) Designs

Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713 · ca.1660–1703

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Bookcase (one of a pair), by Niccolo Michetti

Bookcase (one of a pair)

Niccolo Michetti · ca. 1715

Public domainThe Met
Candleholder and cover

Candleholder and cover

Artist not stated in the record · 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Console table (one of a pair)

Console table (one of a pair)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1715–25

Public domainThe Met
Perfume Burner Designs, by Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840

Perfume Burner Designs

Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840 · 1787–95

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Side chair (one of a pair), by Jean-Baptiste III Lelarge

Side chair (one of a pair)

Jean-Baptiste III Lelarge · ca. 1775–80

Public domainThe Met
LA SALLE DU BAL, by Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703

LA SALLE DU BAL

Nicolas Langlois, French, 1640 - 1703 · 1680–1703

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Settee (one of a pair), by John Mayhew

Settee (one of a pair)

John Mayhew · 1769–71

Public domainThe Met
Three Gueridons (Candlestands) Designs, by Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713

Three Gueridons (Candlestands) Designs

Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713 · ca.1660–1703

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. 4262 matched · 24 examined · 5 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. 3968240 matched · 40 examined · 14 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 2026-08-27 21:58 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.