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 a vase of flowers” — 64 records examined, 1 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-29 14:51 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
Soffit and Vase Designs, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Soffit and Vase Designs

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1775-1788

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

Rolltop desk

David Roentgen · ca. 1776–79

Public domainThe Met
Soffit and Vase Designs, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Soffit and Vase Designs

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1775-1788

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
Print

Print

Artist not stated in the record · c. 1770

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
Soffit and Vase Designs, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Soffit and Vase Designs

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1775-1788

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

Combination table

Martin Carlin · ca. 1775

Public domainThe Met
Soffit and Vase Designs, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Soffit and Vase Designs

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1775-1788

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
Ornamental Vase Design, by P. Moithey, French, active 18th century

Ornamental Vase Design

P. Moithey, French, active 18th century · 1767

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
Three Vase Designs, by Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840

Three Vase Designs

Charles Normand, French, 1765 – 1840 · 1787–95

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

Mechanical table

Jean Henri Riesener · 1781

Public domainThe Met
Table Design with Vases, by Pierre Lepautre, French, 1652–1716

Table Design with Vases

Pierre Lepautre, French, 1652–1716 · late 17th–early 18th 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
Burner and Vase Designs for Pedestals, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Burner and Vase Designs for Pedestals

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1785-1788

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
Burner and Vase Designs for Pedestals, by Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96

Burner and Vase Designs for Pedestals

Richard de Lalonde, French, active 1780–96 · 1775-1788

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

Rolltop desk

David Roentgen · ca. 1780

Public domainThe Met
Vase with Flowers, by Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786

Vase with Flowers

Pierre Ranson, French, 1736–1786 · late 18th century

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

Oval table

David Roentgen · ca. 1774–80

Public domainThe Met
Ornamental Vase Design, by François Boucher, French, 1703–1770

Ornamental Vase Design

François Boucher, French, 1703–1770 · ca. 1738

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. 38843 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. 3888692 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 2026-08-29 14:51 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.