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 “Flower-Style Box with Drawers” — 64 records examined, 11 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-26 20:35 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.
Flower-Style Box with Drawers

Flower-Style Box with Drawers

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for Renaissance-Style Sideboard in Plan and Elevation, by A.N. Davenport Co.

Design for Renaissance-Style Sideboard in Plan and Elevation

A.N. Davenport Co. · 1900–05

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

Cabinet

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

Public domainThe Met
Drop Front Desk, by Kimbel & Cabus, New York, New York, USA, active 1863–1882

Drop Front Desk

Kimbel & Cabus, New York, New York, USA, active 1863–1882 · ca. 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box, by Lucien Falize

Box

Lucien Falize · ca. 1875

Public domainThe Met
Model of grocery store

Model of grocery store

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1870

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Work box in the form of a peacock

Work box in the form of a peacock

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1830

Public domainThe Met
Bracelet and box

Bracelet and box

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Chest with drawer, by Robert Crosman

Chest with drawer

Robert Crosman · 1735

Public domainThe Met
in Aesthetic Style with Diagonal Opening, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

in Aesthetic Style with Diagonal Opening

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · ca. 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Game Box for Playing Senet and Twenty Squares

Game Box for Playing Senet and Twenty Squares

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1580–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Sécrétaire à Archives, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Sécrétaire à Archives

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1775-1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Writing Box

Writing Box

Artist not stated in the record · late 16th–early 17th century

Public domainThe Met
A French Restoration Bedroom, by Bouilhet, French

A French Restoration Bedroom

Bouilhet, French · 1823

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tea chest, by Abraham Roentgen

Tea chest

Abraham Roentgen · ca. 1750–55

Public domainThe Met
Elévation et Profil d'un Commode en Secrétaire, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Elévation et Profil d'un Commode en Secrétaire

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1775-1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Game of Hounds and Jackals

Game of Hounds and Jackals

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1814–1805 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Smoking Stand (Tabako-Bon)

Smoking Stand (Tabako-Bon)

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Box

Box

Artist not stated in the record · second half 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Elévation et Profil d'un Commode en Secrétaire, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Elévation et Profil d'un Commode en Secrétaire

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1775-1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Inlaid Box for the Portuguese Market

Inlaid Box for the Portuguese Market

Artist not stated in the record · ca.1600

Public domainThe Met
Coffre Fort [et] Bijoutière, by Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782

Coffre Fort [et] Bijoutière

Juste-François Boucher, French, 1736 – 1782 · ca. 1775

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Desk

Desk

Artist not stated in the record · 1700–1730

Public domainThe Met
Georgian House Facade

Georgian House Facade

Artist not stated in the record · late 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. 206 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. 2043 matched · 40 examined · 11 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 2026-08-26 20:35 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.