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. 23 shown for “Kohl Tube in the Shape of a Papyrus Column” — 64 records examined, 29 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 08:51 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.
Kohl Tube in the Shape of a Papyrus Column

Kohl Tube in the Shape of a Papyrus Column

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Public domainThe Met
'Egyptian' Pattern Berry Spoon, by Whiting Manufacturing Company, 1866 – 1926

'Egyptian' Pattern Berry Spoon

Whiting Manufacturing Company, 1866 – 1926 · ca. 1875

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kohl Tube

Kohl Tube

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300–1080 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Frieze, by Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Sandy Hill, New York

Frieze

Standard Wall-Paper Company, Standard Wall-Paper Company, Sandy Hill, New York · 1905–1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tube for Eye Paint (Kohl) in the Shape of a Papyrus Column

Tube for Eye Paint (Kohl) in the Shape of a Papyrus Column

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1300 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Torricelli Tube, by Pixii, Hippolyte

Torricelli Tube

Pixii, Hippolyte

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Composite Papyrus Capital

Composite Papyrus Capital

Artist not stated in the record · 380–343 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental woodwork detail, by Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870

Ornamental woodwork detail

Félix Duban, French, 1797 - 1870 · 1833

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kohl Tube Holder in the Form of a Papyrus Column

Kohl Tube Holder in the Form of a Papyrus Column

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1386–1347 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Six Designs for Bedroom Alcoves, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Six Designs for Bedroom Alcoves

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kohl Tube

Kohl Tube

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300–1080 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Model for a Pulpit with Staircase

Model for a Pulpit with Staircase

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kohl Tube in the Form of a Papyrus Column

Kohl Tube in the Form of a Papyrus Column

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1396–1347 BCE

Public domainThe Met
IIE. SUITE DE VASES, by Jacques-Philippe de Beauvais, French, 1739 – 1781

IIE. SUITE DE VASES

Jacques-Philippe de Beauvais, French, 1739 – 1781 · 1760-1764

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kohl Tube

Kohl Tube

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300–1080 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Monument Commemorating Systematization of Weights and Measures in France

Design for a Monument Commemorating Systematization of Weights and Measures in France

Artist not stated in the record · 1795–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Cosmetic set of Kohl Tube and Applicator, Razor, Tweezers, Whetstone, and Mirror

Cosmetic set of Kohl Tube and Applicator, Razor, Tweezers, Whetstone, and Mirror

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Boat-Shaped Vessel, possibly intended as a Festival Float, by Giulio Romano, Italian, 1499–1546

Design for a Boat-Shaped Vessel, possibly intended as a Festival Float

Giulio Romano, Italian, 1499–1546 · 1533

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kohl Tube in the form of a Palm Column

Kohl Tube in the form of a Palm Column

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1300 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Sepulchral monuments, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Sepulchral monuments

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1795

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Kohl tube and stick

Kohl tube and stick

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1550–1458 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for Altar at Santo Spirito dei Napolitani (Holy Spirit of the Neapolitans), Rome, Italy

Design for Altar at Santo Spirito dei Napolitani (Holy Spirit of the Neapolitans), Rome, Italy

Artist not stated in the record · 1690–1702

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Book of the Dead of the Priest of Horus, Imhotep (Imuthes)

Book of the Dead of the Priest of Horus, Imhotep (Imuthes)

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 332–200 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. 697 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. 7483527 matched · 40 examined · 29 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.11 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-08-27 08:51 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.