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 “Mosaic with a Peacock and Flowers” — 64 records examined, 11 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 05:34 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.
Quilt, Album pattern, by Brown and Turner families

Quilt, Album pattern

Brown and Turner families · begun 1846

Public domainThe Met
Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) · 1876-1877

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mosaic with a Peacock and Flowers

Mosaic with a Peacock and Flowers

Artist not stated in the record · 3rd–4th century

Public domainThe Met
Design for Cresting of a Comb

Design for Cresting of a Comb

Artist not stated in the record · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mosaic floor panel

Mosaic floor panel

Artist not stated in the record · 2nd century CE

Public domainThe Met
Interior Wall Elevation with a Sofa, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Interior Wall Elevation with a Sofa

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · 1779–84

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall light (one of a pair), by Vincennes Manufactory

Wall light (one of a pair)

Vincennes Manufactory · birds 1662–1722, flowers and mounts ca. 1750

Public domainThe Met
Bracelet

Bracelet

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

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis

Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis

Artist not stated in the record · 500–550, with modern restoration

Public domainThe Met
Micro-mosaic

Micro-mosaic

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1825

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
Fragments

Fragments

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

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
Micro-mosaic

Micro-mosaic

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Jamb stove, by Samuel Flower

Jamb stove

Samuel Flower · 1756

Public domainThe Met
Micro-mosaic

Micro-mosaic

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Settee (one of a pair), by John Mayhew

Settee (one of a pair)

John Mayhew · 1769–71

Public domainThe Met
Micro-mosaic

Micro-mosaic

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Adam Weisweiler

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Adam Weisweiler · ca. 1787

Public domainThe Met
Micro-mosaic

Micro-mosaic

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), by Martin Carlin

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)

Martin Carlin · ca. 1776

Public domainThe Met
Micro-mosaic

Micro-mosaic

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1825

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Micro-mosaic

Micro-mosaic

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1825

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. 8500 matched · 24 examined · 3 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. 2820700 matched · 40 examined · 8 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 2026-09-03 05:34 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.