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 “Square mirror decorated with palmette motifs” — 64 records examined, 1 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-07 04:56 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.
Square mirror decorated with palmette motifs

Square mirror decorated with palmette motifs

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs, by Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783

Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs

Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783 · mid- 18th–late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mirror, by Johannes Hannart (or Jan Hanat)

Mirror

Johannes Hannart (or Jan Hanat) · ca. 1685–1700

Public domainThe Met
Design for Woven Fabric with Neoclassical Motifs

Design for Woven Fabric with Neoclassical Motifs

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1820

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mirror, by Johann Valentin Gevers

Mirror

Johann Valentin Gevers · ca. 1710

Public domainThe Met
Casket

Casket

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mirror decorated with palmette and arabesque motifs

Mirror decorated with palmette and arabesque motifs

Artist not stated in the record · first half 12th century

Public domainThe Met
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design, by Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719

Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design

Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719 · 1715–19

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Square mirror decorated with sea creatures and clouds

Square mirror decorated with sea creatures and clouds

Artist not stated in the record

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Woven or Embroidered Textile

Design for a Woven or Embroidered Textile

Artist not stated in the record · 1825–1850

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Panel

Panel

Artist not stated in the record · second half 8th century

Public domainThe Met
Interior Wall Elevation, by François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741

Interior Wall Elevation

François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741 · 1696–1740

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saber

Saber

Artist not stated in the record · blade, 18th–19th century; guard and decoration on blade, 19th century; grip, 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741

Title Page

François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741 · 1712

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Architectural woodwork and paneling, by George A. Schastey & Co.

Architectural woodwork and paneling

George A. Schastey & Co. · 1881–82

Public domainThe Met
Title Page, by François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741

Title Page

François II de Poilly, French, 1666 – 1741 · 1712

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mosaic glass inlay

Mosaic glass inlay

Artist not stated in the record · late 1st century BCE–1st century CE

Public domainThe Met
Design for Two Candlesticks, by Unknown

Design for Two Candlesticks

Unknown · early 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Mirror with birds and beasts amid grape vines

Mirror with birds and beasts amid grape vines

Artist not stated in the record · 7th–8th century

Public domainThe Met
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design, by Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719

Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Design

Nicolas Guérard, French, ca.1648 – 1719 · 1715–19

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with Split-Leaf Palmette Design

Dish with Split-Leaf Palmette Design

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1625–50

Public domainThe Met
Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs, by Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783

Fireplace (Chimney Piece and Mantel) Designs

Jean Mansart de Jouy, French, 1705 - 1783 · mid- 18th–late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Ruby Luster Bowl with Large Palmette

Ruby Luster Bowl with Large Palmette

Artist not stated in the record · 9th century

Public domainThe Met
Black Basalt Covered Urn, by Wedgwood, English, established 1759

Black Basalt Covered Urn

Wedgwood, English, established 1759 · 1780–1800

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. 835 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. 281450 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 2026-09-07 04:56 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.