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 “Design for Architectural Moldings” — 64 records examined, 3 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-07 15:06 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.
Table or bracket clock with calendar, by Daniel Delander

Table or bracket clock with calendar

Daniel Delander · probably ca. 1720

Public domainThe Met
Design for Architectural Moldings

Design for Architectural Moldings

Artist not stated in the record · 1775–1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cabinet, by Melchior Baumgartner

Cabinet

Melchior Baumgartner · ca. 1655–59, engraved decorations ca. 1825–50

Public domainThe Met
Album of Molding Designs, Plans, and Sections for Interiors, by Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742

Album of Molding Designs, Plans, and Sections for Interiors

Jean Mariette, French, 1660–1742 · late 17th–mid- 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Barberini Cabinet, by Galleria dei Lavori, Florence

Barberini Cabinet

Galleria dei Lavori, Florence · ca. 1606–23

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679

Title Page

Jean Marot, French, 1619 - 1679 · ca.1635–ca.1660

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Table or bracket clock, by Edward East

Table or bracket clock

Edward East · ca. 1665

Public domainThe Met
Border

Border

Artist not stated in the record · 1850–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sphinx Chair

Sphinx Chair

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1795, with some later additions

Public domainThe Met
Studies of Architectural Moldings, by Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925

Studies of Architectural Moldings

Arnold William Brunner, American, 1857–1925 · 1879-80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tapestry Room from Croome Court, by Robert Adam

Tapestry Room from Croome Court

Robert Adam · 1763–71

Public domainThe Met
Plaque

Plaque

Artist not stated in the record · 1820–30

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chimneypiece (cheminée), by Jean Le Pautre

Chimneypiece (cheminée)

Jean Le Pautre · ca. 1665–70

Public domainThe Met
Design for Overmantel; recto, Plans of Moldings, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Design for Overmantel; recto, Plans of Moldings

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · ca. 1720

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

Chimneypiece (cheminée)

François Joseph Belanger · 1784

Public domainThe Met
Three Friezes; A Base; An Ornament, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Three Friezes; A Base; An Ornament

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Design for a Wall Decoration with the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Flight into Egypt, by Giovanni Lanfranco

Design for a Wall Decoration with the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Flight into Egypt

Giovanni Lanfranco · 1582–1647

Public domainThe Met
Border

Border

Artist not stated in the record · 1850–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Architectural woodwork and paneling, by George A. Schastey & Co.

Architectural woodwork and paneling

George A. Schastey & Co. · 1881–82

Public domainThe Met
Border

Border

Artist not stated in the record · 1850–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Architectural Vessel

Architectural Vessel

Artist not stated in the record · 400–600 CE

Public domainThe Met
Border

Border

Artist not stated in the record · 1850–1900

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
Border

Border

Artist not stated in the record · 1850–1900

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. 6249 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. 503920 matched · 40 examined · 0 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 2026-09-07 15:06 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.