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 “Plate with Calligraphic Decoration” — 64 records examined, 2 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 02:49 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.
Commode à vantaux, by David Roentgen

Commode à vantaux

David Roentgen · ca. 1775–79 with later alterations

Public domainThe Met
Title Page (recto), by Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756

Title Page (recto)

Jean François Blondel, French, 1681–1756 · 1751

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rolltop desk, by David Roentgen

Rolltop desk

David Roentgen · ca. 1776–79

Public domainThe Met
Designs for Decoration of a Chapel and Garden Statuary, by Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833

Designs for Decoration of a Chapel and Garden Statuary

Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833 · 1812

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
Knife from Folding Cultery Set

Knife from Folding Cultery Set

Artist not stated in the record · 1680–1720

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Commode (commode à vantaux) (part of a set), by Adam Weisweiler

Commode (commode à vantaux) (part of a set)

Adam Weisweiler · ca. 1790

Public domainThe Met
Suite de la Maison de Campagne de Mr. Piau et Conseil Négociants, by Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833

Suite de la Maison de Campagne de Mr. Piau et Conseil Négociants

Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833 · 1812

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
Château de Madon à Mr. de C par Mr. Mandar Architecte Ingenieur en chef des Ponts et Chaussée, by Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833

Château de Madon à Mr. de C par Mr. Mandar Architecte Ingenieur en chef des Ponts et Chaussée

Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833 · 1812

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Small desk with folding top (bureau brisé), by Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt

Small desk with folding top (bureau brisé)

Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt · ca. 1685

Public domainThe Met
Coupe perpendiculaire du Batiment au droit de la ligne milieu en longeur du plan, by Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833

Coupe perpendiculaire du Batiment au droit de la ligne milieu en longeur du plan

Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833 · 1812

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mechanical table, by Jean Henri Riesener

Mechanical table

Jean Henri Riesener · 1781

Public domainThe Met
Coupe prise sur la longueur du plan de l’Abitation et des détails du portique du côté du Jardin, by Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833

Coupe prise sur la longueur du plan de l’Abitation et des détails du portique du côté du Jardin

Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833 · 1812

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front secretary on stand (secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set), by Adam Weisweiler

Drop-front secretary on stand (secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Adam Weisweiler · ca. 1790

Public domainThe Met
Divers détails executée dans differents jardins, by Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833

Divers détails executée dans differents jardins

Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833 · 1812

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Drop-front secretary on stand (Secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set), by Adam Weisweiler

Drop-front secretary on stand (Secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set)

Adam Weisweiler · ca. 1790

Public domainThe Met
Poële de la Salle à Manger, by Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833

Poële de la Salle à Manger

Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833 · 1812

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Game table, by David Roentgen

Game table

David Roentgen · ca. 1780–83

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751

Title Page

Johann Martin Weis, French, 1711 - 1751 · 1745

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mechanical table (Table mécanique), by Jean Henri Riesener

Mechanical table (Table mécanique)

Jean Henri Riesener · 1778

Public domainThe Met
Elévation et Coupe de la Maison de Mr. V…commencée à bâtir sur l’emplacement du Pavillon du Roi à l’entrée du Bois de Verrières Par Villetard Archite, by Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833

Elévation et Coupe de la Maison de Mr. V…commencée à bâtir sur l’emplacement du Pavillon du Roi à l’entrée du Bois de Verrières Par Villetard Archite

Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833 · 1812

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rolltop desk, by David Roentgen

Rolltop desk

David Roentgen · ca. 1780

Public domainThe Met
Elévation d’une Maison de Campagne Située à Courbevoye, Exécutée en 1797 pour Mrs. Piau et Conseil Négociants, par Ch. Bien-aimé Architecte, by Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833

Elévation d’une Maison de Campagne Située à Courbevoye, Exécutée en 1797 pour Mrs. Piau et Conseil Négociants, par Ch. Bien-aimé Architecte

Jean-Charles Krafft, French, 1764 - 1833 · 1812

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. 2411 matched · 24 examined · 1 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. 346994 matched · 40 examined · 1 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 02:49 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.