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 Peonies” — 64 records examined, 7 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-10 03:28 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
Design for a Plate

Design for a Plate

Artist not stated in the record · 1880–1910

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

Rolltop desk

David Roentgen · ca. 1776–79

Public domainThe Met
A Bouquet of Flowers, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

A Bouquet of Flowers

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1760

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Combination table, by Martin Carlin

Combination table

Martin Carlin · ca. 1775

Public domainThe Met
A Bouquet of Flowers, by Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808

A Bouquet of Flowers

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808 · 1760

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
Semy doubles et Bruyere, by Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786

Semy doubles et Bruyere

Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786 · 1755-68

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
Japonesque Style Pattern Number 5 Frunit Knife, by Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818

Japonesque Style Pattern Number 5 Frunit Knife

Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818 · ca. 1880

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
Basket with Flowers on a Table, Plate 8 from the series Livres de plusieurs paniers de fleurs [Flowers in a Basket], by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, French, 1636–1699

Basket with Flowers on a Table, Plate 8 from the series Livres de plusieurs paniers de fleurs [Flowers in a Basket]

Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, French, 1636–1699 · ca. 1680

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
Napkin

Napkin

Artist not stated in the record · 1735–40

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

Mechanical table

Jean Henri Riesener · 1781

Public domainThe Met
Flower Study, Peonies

Flower Study, Peonies

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1900

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
Red Peonies, by Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920

Red Peonies

Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920 · 19th–20th century

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
Study of Pale Pink Peonies, by Sophia L. Crownfield, American, 1862–1929

Study of Pale Pink Peonies

Sophia L. Crownfield, American, 1862–1929 · early 20th century

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

Game table

David Roentgen · ca. 1780–83

Public domainThe Met
Study of Peonies, by Sophia L. Crownfield, American, 1862–1929

Study of Peonies

Sophia L. Crownfield, American, 1862–1929 · early 20th century

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

Mechanical table (Table mécanique)

Jean Henri Riesener · 1778

Public domainThe Met
Study of Peony Stalk with Blossoms, by Sophia L. Crownfield, American, 1862–1929

Study of Peony Stalk with Blossoms

Sophia L. Crownfield, American, 1862–1929 · early 20th 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. 13800 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. 328299 matched · 40 examined · 7 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 2026-09-10 03:28 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.