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 “Hanging Fragment with Bird and Basket” — 64 records examined, 4 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-01 07:09 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.
Hanging Fragment with Bird and Basket

Hanging Fragment with Bird and Basket

Artist not stated in the record · 4th century

Public domainThe Met
Three Designs for Decorative Ironwork, by Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771

Three Designs for Decorative Ironwork

Jean Lamour, French, 1698–1771 · 1759–68

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hanging

Hanging

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Trophy Design, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Ornamental Trophy Design

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1759–80

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
Arabesque Designs, by Berthelot, French, active late 18th century

Arabesque Designs

Berthelot, French, active late 18th century · 1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rectangular tray with flowering plums and magpies

Rectangular tray with flowering plums and magpies

Artist not stated in the record · 14th century

Public domainThe Met
Panel

Panel

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Feathered panel, by Wari artist(s)

Feathered panel

Wari artist(s) · 650–1000 CE

Public domainThe Met
Sampler fragment

Sampler fragment

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragment of a Tapestry or Wall Hanging

Fragment of a Tapestry or Wall Hanging

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1420–30

Public domainThe Met
Arabesque Design, by Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802

Arabesque Design

Etienne de Lavallée, French, 1735 – 1802 · 1788

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hanging

Hanging

Artist not stated in the record · 1300–1470

Public domainThe Met
Hanging

Hanging

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Miniature tabard

Miniature tabard

Artist not stated in the record · 1600–1700

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Gourd-shaped hanging wall basket for flowers (Kake-hanakago)

Gourd-shaped hanging wall basket for flowers (Kake-hanakago)

Artist not stated in the record · second half 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Fragments

Fragments

Artist not stated in the record · 1815

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Khusrau and Shirin, by Hatifi

Khusrau and Shirin

Hatifi · dated 904 AH/1498–99 CE

Public domainThe Met
Textile

Textile

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragment from a Coptic Hanging

Fragment from a Coptic Hanging

Artist not stated in the record · 5th century

Public domainThe Met
Overdoor Painting and Paneling (Boiseries) Design, by Jean Mondon, French, fl. 1736 – 1745

Overdoor Painting and Paneling (Boiseries) Design

Jean Mondon, French, fl. 1736 – 1745 · 1749

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Hanging

Hanging

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Trophies

Designs for Trophies

Artist not stated in the record · 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. 1267 matched · 24 examined · 2 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. 2102838 matched · 40 examined · 2 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 2026-09-01 07:09 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.