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. 19 shown for “Cuff for a rochet” — 64 records examined, 34 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-02 18:23 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.
Cuff for a rochet

Cuff for a rochet

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Petition signed by John Cuffe and Paul Cuffe regarding taxation

Petition signed by John Cuffe and Paul Cuffe regarding taxation

Artist not stated in the record · December 19, 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Beaded Cuff Bracelet

Beaded Cuff Bracelet

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850–1700 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Pair of leather gloves used by the 10th Cavalry Regiment

Pair of leather gloves used by the 10th Cavalry Regiment

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1895

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59), by Jean Cousin the Elder

Armor of Henry II, King of France (reigned 1547–59)

Jean Cousin the Elder · ca. 1555

Public domainThe Met
Collar and cuff

Collar and cuff

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gothic Armor

Gothic Armor

Artist not stated in the record · late 15th century; extensively restored and completed ca. 1926

Public domainThe Met
Cuff

Cuff

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of Gauntlets Belonging to the Armor of Duke Friedrich Ulrich of Brunswick (1591–1634), by Royal Workshops at Greenwich

Pair of Gauntlets Belonging to the Armor of Duke Friedrich Ulrich of Brunswick (1591–1634)

Royal Workshops at Greenwich · ca. 1610–12

Public domainThe Met
Key for rigid speed handcuffs manufactured by Hiatt and Company, by Hiatt & Co. Ltd., British, founded 1780

Key for rigid speed handcuffs manufactured by Hiatt and Company

Hiatt & Co. Ltd., British, founded 1780 · 2000s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement, by Fra Filippo Lippi

Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement

Fra Filippo Lippi · ca. 1440

Public domainThe Met
Sleeve cuff

Sleeve cuff

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Terracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking)

Terracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 350–300 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Cuff

Cuff

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gauntlet for the Right Hand

Gauntlet for the Right Hand

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1420

Public domainThe Met
Sewing sample

Sewing sample

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet

Cowrie Shell Girdle of Sithathoryunet

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1887–1813 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Mitten Gauntlet for the Left Hand

Mitten Gauntlet for the Left Hand

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1500

Public domainThe Met
Terracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking), by Patera-Ganymede Workshop

Terracotta rhyton (vase for libations or drinking)

Patera-Ganymede Workshop · ca. 350–300 BCE

Public domainThe Met
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. 233 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 2071298 matched · 40 examined · 31 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.9 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-02 18:23 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.