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 “Length of Very Sheer Linen Cloth” — 64 records examined, 25 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 22:42 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.
Length of Very Sheer Linen Cloth

Length of Very Sheer Linen Cloth

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1491–1473 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · probably 10th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Triptych with the Mandylion, by The Kremlin Armory Workshops, Moscow

Triptych with the Mandylion

The Kremlin Armory Workshops, Moscow · 1637

Public domainThe Met
Sampler

Sampler

Artist not stated in the record · 1816

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Inscribed Linen Sheet from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Inscribed Linen Sheet from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1328–1318 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Upholstery fabric

Upholstery fabric

Artist not stated in the record · late 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Forehead cloth

Forehead cloth

Artist not stated in the record · 1600–1630

Public domainThe Met
Black nightgown with lace bodice and pleated skirt, by Unidentified

Black nightgown with lace bodice and pleated skirt

Unidentified · 1970s

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mummy Cloth Fragment of Djedptahefankh

Mummy Cloth Fragment of Djedptahefankh

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1080–945 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Textile

Textile

Artist not stated in the record · 18th–early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mummy bandage of Hepmeneh, born of Tasheritentaqeri, inscribed with text and vignette from the Book of the Dead

Mummy bandage of Hepmeneh, born of Tasheritentaqeri, inscribed with text and vignette from the Book of the Dead

Artist not stated in the record · 332–30 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Cover

Cover

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stela of the Steward Mentuwoser

Stela of the Steward Mentuwoser

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1944 B.C.

Public domainThe Met
Textile with cloth marks

Textile with cloth marks

Artist not stated in the record · 1750–1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sheet, linen mark, very fine spin, very fine weave

Sheet, linen mark, very fine spin, very fine weave

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1491–1473 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Textile

Textile

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1830

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Blue Kerchief from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Blue Kerchief from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1328–1318 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Fragment of garment with medallion and band

Fragment of garment with medallion and band

Artist not stated in the record · 4th–5th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Floral collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Floral collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1328–1318 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Sense of Taste, by Paul Scarron, French, 1610 - 1660

Sense of Taste

Paul Scarron, French, 1610 - 1660 · mid- 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Floral Collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Floral Collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1328–1318 BCE

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh, by Jörg Breu the Younger

Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharaoh

Jörg Breu the Younger · ca. 1534–47

Public domainThe Met
Yellow blouse with floral brocade and sheer raglan sleeves, by Unidentified

Yellow blouse with floral brocade and sheer raglan sleeves

Unidentified · 1970s - 1980s

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. 211 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. 3079197 matched · 40 examined · 21 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 22:42 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.