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 “Tapestry with Dragons and Flowers” — 64 records examined, 5 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 15:38 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.
Tapestry with Dragons and Flowers

Tapestry with Dragons and Flowers

Artist not stated in the record · 11th–12th century

Public domainThe Met
Table frontal

Table frontal

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tapestry Room from Croome Court, by Robert Adam

Tapestry Room from Croome Court

Robert Adam · 1763–71

Public domainThe Met
Robe for a statue

Robe for a statue

Artist not stated in the record · late 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Settee (one of a pair), by John Mayhew

Settee (one of a pair)

John Mayhew · 1769–71

Public domainThe Met
Panel with five dragons, flaming pearls, clouds, and floral patterns

Panel with five dragons, flaming pearls, clouds, and floral patterns

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

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

Wall clock (cartel)

Etienne LeNoir · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century

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
Design for Tapestry, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Design for Tapestry

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · 1720-1750

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Dish with Two Intertwined Dragons

Dish with Two Intertwined Dragons

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1640

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Hunters Return to the Castle (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

The Hunters Return to the Castle (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

Artist not stated in the record · 1495–1505

Public domainThe Met
Robe

Robe

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Fragment of a Tapestry or Wall Hanging

Fragment of a Tapestry or Wall Hanging

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1420–30

Public domainThe Met
Tiraz tapestry fragments

Tiraz tapestry fragments

Artist not stated in the record · 10th–12th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

The Unicorn Rests in a Garden (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

Artist not stated in the record · 1495–1505

Public domainThe Met
Panel

Panel

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tapestry lining for tester (ciel for lit à la duchesse en impériale), by Beauvais

Tapestry lining for tester (ciel for lit à la duchesse en impériale)

Beauvais · ca. 1780–90

Public domainThe Met
Kang or furniture cover

Kang or furniture cover

Artist not stated in the record · 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armchair (one of a set of six), by John Mayhew

Armchair (one of a set of six)

John Mayhew · 1769–71

Public domainThe Met
Foot stool

Foot stool

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1685–95

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armchair (one of a set of six), by John Mayhew

Armchair (one of a set of six)

John Mayhew · 1769–71

Public domainThe Met
Fragment

Fragment

Artist not stated in the record · 300–500

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. 903 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. 1572264 matched · 40 examined · 5 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 2026-08-27 15:38 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.