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 “Capital with a Pattern of Grape Leaves and Vines” — 64 records examined, 1 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 21:27 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.
Capital with a Pattern of Grape Leaves and Vines

Capital with a Pattern of Grape Leaves and Vines

Artist not stated in the record · 6th–7th century

Public domainThe Met
Column Capital and Head of a Camel, as-Samu, Palestine, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Column Capital and Head of a Camel, as-Samu, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · February 15-17, 1868

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vase on a column stand, by Hôtel des Menus-Plaisirs, Versailles

Vase on a column stand

Hôtel des Menus-Plaisirs, Versailles · after 1771–72, mounts ca. 1780

Public domainThe Met
Chimney Piece Design, by D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647

Chimney Piece Design

D. Antoine Pierretz, French, active 1647 · 1647-55

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Capital with a Pattern of Leaves and Vines

Capital with a Pattern of Leaves and Vines

Artist not stated in the record · 6th–7th century

Public domainThe Met
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design, by François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741

Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design

François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741 · 1712

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Grape Vines and Fruit, with Three Birds, by Bartolomeo Cavarozzi

Grape Vines and Fruit, with Three Birds

Bartolomeo Cavarozzi · ca. 1615–18

Public domainThe Met
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design, by François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741

Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design

François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741 · 1712

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sideboard Table, by Thomas Seymour

Sideboard Table

Thomas Seymour · 1805–10

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by Jean Claude Thomas Duplessis, French, 1730-1783

Ornamental Vase Design

Jean Claude Thomas Duplessis, French, 1730-1783 · 1775-1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Capital with Leaves

Capital with Leaves

Artist not stated in the record · late 8th century

Public domainThe Met
Soupière dont la forme tient du Moderne avec son Plat et Cuillère, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Soupière dont la forme tient du Moderne avec son Plat et Cuillère

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1788–1796

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (cartel), by Etienne LeNoir

Wall clock (cartel)

Etienne LeNoir · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Border and sidewall

Border and sidewall

Artist not stated in the record · 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Composite Papyrus Capital

Composite Papyrus Capital

Artist not stated in the record · 380–343 BCE

Public domainThe Met
LA THÉOLOGIE, by Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808

LA THÉOLOGIE

Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808 · 1759–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Capital with Palmettes and Leaves

Capital with Palmettes and Leaves

Artist not stated in the record · late 8th century

Public domainThe Met
LA THÉOLOGIE, by Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808

LA THÉOLOGIE

Clément Pierre Marillier, French, 1740 – 1808 · 1759–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Carpet with Scrolling Vines and Blossoms

Carpet with Scrolling Vines and Blossoms

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1650

Public domainThe Met
Cartouche with Wine Leaves and Grapes, by François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768

Cartouche with Wine Leaves and Grapes

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, Belgian, 1695 - 1768 · 1738

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chimneypiece (cheminée), by François Joseph Belanger

Chimneypiece (cheminée)

François Joseph Belanger · 1784

Public domainThe Met
Textile

Textile

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Martin Carlin

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Martin Carlin · ca. 1776

Public domainThe Met
Grape Bunch-Shaped Covered Bowl

Grape Bunch-Shaped Covered Bowl

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

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. 2383 matched · 24 examined · 0 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. 4066662 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 2026-08-28 21:27 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.