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 “Picnic Set with Design of Chrysanthemum Sprays” — 64 records examined, 4 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-28 18:42 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.
Picnic Set with Design of Chrysanthemum Sprays

Picnic Set with Design of Chrysanthemum Sprays

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Letter box

Letter box

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (cartel), by Etienne LeNoir

Wall clock (cartel)

Etienne LeNoir · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Coffeepot from Chrysanthemum Tea Set, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Coffeepot from Chrysanthemum Tea Set

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · 1891–1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Angels, by François Boucher

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Angels

François Boucher · 1765

Public domainThe Met
Teapot from Chrysanthemum Tea Set, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Teapot from Chrysanthemum Tea Set

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · 1891–1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with Cherry Blossoms and Textile Curtains

Dish with Cherry Blossoms and Textile Curtains

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1670–90

Public domainThe Met
Sidewall, by Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901

Sidewall

Imperial Wallcoverings Inc., American, founded 1901 · 1870–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Case (Inrō) with Design of Leafy Grapevines (obverse); Chrysanthemum Spray (reverse)

Case (Inrō) with Design of Leafy Grapevines (obverse); Chrysanthemum Spray (reverse)

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

Public domainThe Met
Waste Bowl from Chrysanthemum Tea Set, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Waste Bowl from Chrysanthemum Tea Set

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · 1891–1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Vertical Panels with Cherry Spray, by Jacques Germain Soufflot

Vertical Panels with Cherry Spray

Jacques Germain Soufflot · designed 1758–67, woven 1764–71

Public domainThe Met
Kettle on Stand from Chrysanthemum Tea Set, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Kettle on Stand from Chrysanthemum Tea Set

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · 1891–1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Set of four three-light wall brackets

Set of four three-light wall brackets

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1785

Public domainThe Met
Sugar Bowl from Chrysanthemum Tea Set, by Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853

Sugar Bowl from Chrysanthemum Tea Set

Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853 · 1891–1902

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Snuffbox with six scenes of putti at play, by Jean Georges (or George)

Snuffbox with six scenes of putti at play

Jean Georges (or George) · ca. 1761–62

Public domainThe Met
Hat of the Great Mogul

Hat of the Great Mogul

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1780

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Picnic set with decoration of chrysanthemum and autumn grasses

Picnic set with decoration of chrysanthemum and autumn grasses

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Frieze

Frieze

Artist not stated in the record · 1890–1900

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Abduction of the Sabine Women, by Nicolas Poussin

The Abduction of the Sabine Women

Nicolas Poussin · probably 1633–34

Public domainThe Met
Textile

Textile

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?), by Edgar Degas

A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)

Edgar Degas · 1865

Public domainThe Met
Wire frame, spray stand

Wire frame, spray stand

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1860-1940

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda), by Luis Meléndez

The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda)

Luis Meléndez · ca. 1772

Public domainThe Met
Panel

Panel

Artist not stated in the record · early 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. 87 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. 2900756 matched · 40 examined · 4 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 18:42 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.