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 “Case (Inrō) with Design of Lute and Maple Leaves” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 08:08 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.
Commode à vantaux, by David Roentgen

Commode à vantaux

David Roentgen · ca. 1775–79 with later alterations

Public domainThe Met
inro

inro

Artist not stated in the record · 1875–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rolltop desk, by David Roentgen

Rolltop desk

David Roentgen · ca. 1776–79

Public domainThe Met
Maple Seed Vessels, by Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920

Maple Seed Vessels

Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920 · ca. 1884

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Game table, by David Roentgen

Game table

David Roentgen · ca. 1780–83

Public domainThe Met
Six Medallion or Frame Designs, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Six Medallion or Frame Designs

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rolltop desk, by David Roentgen

Rolltop desk

David Roentgen · ca. 1780

Public domainThe Met
Maple Leaves, Mt. Desert, by Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920

Maple Leaves, Mt. Desert

Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920 · July 1877

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Longcase clock, by Hermann Achenbach

Longcase clock

Hermann Achenbach · ca. 1774–75

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Title Page

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1778

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case (Inrō) with Design of Lute and Maple Leaves

Case (Inrō) with Design of Lute and Maple Leaves

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Maple Leaves Motif

Maple Leaves Motif

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

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

Wall clock (cartel)

Etienne LeNoir · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Maple Leaves Reflected in Rippling Streams

Maple Leaves Reflected in Rippling Streams

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

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

Table clock with calendar

Lucien Falize · 1881

Public domainThe Met
Decorative Panel Design, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Decorative Panel Design

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1777–79

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chair (Sgabello), by Workshop of Giuliano da Maiano (1432–1490) and Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497)

Chair (Sgabello)

Workshop of Giuliano da Maiano (1432–1490) and Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497) · ca. 1489–91

Public domainThe Met
Maple Leaves on Stripes

Maple Leaves on Stripes

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case (Inrō) with Design of Old Man and Woman (Jo and Uba) and Pine Trees (from Noh Play "Takasago Spirits of the Pine"), by Minsetsusai Kyuho

Case (Inrō) with Design of Old Man and Woman (Jo and Uba) and Pine Trees (from Noh Play "Takasago Spirits of the Pine")

Minsetsusai Kyuho · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Medicine case (inro), by Ogawa Ritsuo (1663-1747)

Medicine case (inro)

Ogawa Ritsuo (1663-1747) · late 17th-mid 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Young Woman with a Lute, by Johannes Vermeer

Young Woman with a Lute

Johannes Vermeer · ca. 1662–63

Public domainThe Met
Ornament Panel Design, by Alexis Loir, French, 1640 - 1713

Ornament Panel Design

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
ex "Kurtz" Violin, by Andrea Amati

ex "Kurtz" Violin

Andrea Amati · ca. 1560

Public domainThe Met
Abstract Maple Leaf Motif

Abstract Maple Leaf Motif

Artist not stated in the record · mid 18th - early 19th 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. 1010 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. 3129307 matched · 40 examined · 5 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 08:08 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.