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 “Dress panels (2)” — 64 records examined, 9 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 03:08 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.
Drop-front secretary on stand (secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set), by Adam Weisweiler

Drop-front secretary on stand (secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Adam Weisweiler · ca. 1790

Public domainThe Met
Yellow cotton dress with eyelet yoke, by Unidentified

Yellow cotton dress with eyelet yoke

Unidentified · 1905 - 1910

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front secretary on stand (Secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set), by Adam Weisweiler

Drop-front secretary on stand (Secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Adam Weisweiler · ca. 1790

Public domainThe Met
Beige A-line dress with jacket, by Jean Louis, French, 1907 - 1997

Beige A-line dress with jacket

Jean Louis, French, 1907 - 1997 · 1960s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Longcase clock with calendrical, lunar, and tidal indications, also known as the Graves Tompion, by Thomas Tompion

Longcase clock with calendrical, lunar, and tidal indications, also known as the Graves Tompion

Thomas Tompion · ca. 1677–80

Public domainThe Met
Pink jersey dress with embroidered shoulder panels by Scott Barrie, by Scott Barrie, American, 1946 - 1993

Pink jersey dress with embroidered shoulder panels by Scott Barrie

Scott Barrie, American, 1946 - 1993 · 1970s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pair of side chairs, by Thomas How

Pair of side chairs

Thomas How · ca. 1724–36

Public domainThe Met
Brown sunflower print dress and matching jacket, by Anna May Nichols, American

Brown sunflower print dress and matching jacket

Anna May Nichols, American · 1950s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond, by Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso

Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond

Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso · after ca. 1461

Public domainThe Met
Red collared dress with pink lining, by Gunter Project 2, German, 1968 - 1979

Red collared dress with pink lining

Gunter Project 2, German, 1968 - 1979 · 1960s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dress panels (2)

Dress panels (2)

Artist not stated in the record · third quarter 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Green leather halter dress with matching coat and beret by B. Gayle Creations, by B. Gayle Creations, American

Green leather halter dress with matching coat and beret by B. Gayle Creations

B. Gayle Creations, American · 1980s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dress panels (2)

Dress panels (2)

Artist not stated in the record · 1830–40

Public domainThe Met
Light gold boat neck dress with matching bolero, by Unidentified

Light gold boat neck dress with matching bolero

Unidentified · 1950s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Choir stall panels, by Johann Justus Schacht

Choir stall panels

Johann Justus Schacht · ca. 1723–26, figures 1787

Public domainThe Met
Black Raggedy Ann style doll with ivory dress, by Unidentified

Black Raggedy Ann style doll with ivory dress

Unidentified · late 20th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cheval fire screen, by Thomas Moore

Cheval fire screen

Thomas Moore · ca. 1755–60

Public domainThe Met
Cream lace and pale peach dress designed by Arthur McGee, by Arthur McGee, American, 1933 - 2019

Cream lace and pale peach dress designed by Arthur McGee

Arthur McGee, American, 1933 - 2019 · 1960-1975

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box For Crossbow Bolts (Bolzenkasten), Probably Made for William IV, Duke of Bavaria (r. 1508–50), by Hans Wagner the Elder

Box For Crossbow Bolts (Bolzenkasten), Probably Made for William IV, Duke of Bavaria (r. 1508–50)

Hans Wagner the Elder · dated 1539

Public domainThe Met
Mauve floral dress and belt with black capelet, by Unidentified

Mauve floral dress and belt with black capelet

Unidentified · 1950s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Flowers and Grasses of the Four Seasons, by Kano Mitsunobu 狩野光信

Flowers and Grasses of the Four Seasons

Kano Mitsunobu 狩野光信 · late 16th century

Public domainThe Met
Pink floral drop waist dress with belt and fabric scrap, by Unidentified

Pink floral drop waist dress with belt and fabric scrap

Unidentified · late 1920s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Women on a Bridge Tossing Fans into a River

Women on a Bridge Tossing Fans into a River

Artist not stated in the record · early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Yellow asymmetrical wrap around coat dress, by Unidentified

Yellow asymmetrical wrap around coat dress

Unidentified · 1960s - 1990s

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. 9824 matched · 24 examined · 4 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. 1044073 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 2026-08-28 03:08 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.