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 “Work Table” — 64 records examined, 28 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-08-27 06:30 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.
Work Table, by Duncan Phyfe

Work Table

Duncan Phyfe · 1810–20

Public domainThe Met
Photograph, by Frederic and William Langenheim

Photograph

Frederic and William Langenheim · 1850–54

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Work Table, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Work Table

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1820–50

Public domainThe Met
Joseph Pennell, by Childe Hassam, American, 1859–1935

Joseph Pennell

Childe Hassam, American, 1859–1935 · 1917

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Work Table

Work Table

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1810

Public domainThe Met
The Catologue of the artist's work (Table of Contents of the Vedute di Roma), by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778

The Catologue of the artist's work (Table of Contents of the Vedute di Roma)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778 · ca. 1779

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Table

Table

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1775–80

Public domainThe Met
An Interior, by Mary Ellen Best, 1809 – 1891

An Interior

Mary Ellen Best, 1809 – 1891 · 1837–40

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Table, by Pierre Gole

Table

Pierre Gole · ca. 1660

Public domainThe Met
A Studio in the Villa Medici, Rome, by Joseph-Eugène Lacroix, French, 1814 - 1873

A Studio in the Villa Medici, Rome

Joseph-Eugène Lacroix, French, 1814 - 1873 · 1835

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Circular worktable, by Martin Carlin

Circular worktable

Martin Carlin · ca. 1772

Public domainThe Met
Stamp Office, Somerset House, from "Ackermann's Repository"

Stamp Office, Somerset House, from "Ackermann's Repository"

Artist not stated in the record · 1809

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Work and writing table (table en chiffonière), by Bernard II van Risenburgh

Work and writing table (table en chiffonière)

Bernard II van Risenburgh · ca. 1760

Public domainThe Met
Woodland Camp, by James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913

Woodland Camp

James Henry Moser, Canadian, 1854–1913 · ca. 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Sofa (part of a set), by Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay

Sofa (part of a set)

Jean-Baptiste-Bernard Demay · ca. 1785

Public domainThe Met
Drawing, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Drawing

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1801

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse

Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1774, with later additions

Public domainThe Met
A woman drawing, by Jessie Curtis

A woman drawing

Jessie Curtis · ca. 1860

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
China table, by Thomas Chippendale

China table

Thomas Chippendale · ca. 1755

Public domainThe Met
Dixieme livre des oeuvres de J.A. Meissonnier, Surtout de Table/Terrine [Tenth Series of Designs from the work of J.A. Meissonnier, Table Centerpiece/Tureen], pl. 61 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier, by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750

Dixieme livre des oeuvres de J.A. Meissonnier, Surtout de Table/Terrine [Tenth Series of Designs from the work of J.A. Meissonnier, Table Centerpiece/Tureen], pl. 61 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurele Meissonnier

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 1695–1750 · 1742–48

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Work Table

Work Table

Artist not stated in the record · 1800–1810

Public domainThe Met
Device for Propelling Canal Boats Patent Model

Device for Propelling Canal Boats Patent Model

Artist not stated in the record · 1871

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Work Table

Work Table

Artist not stated in the record · 1815–20

Public domainThe Met
Singer treadle sewing machine cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

Singer treadle sewing machine cabinet table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

Artist not stated in the record · 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. 1233 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. 535286 matched · 40 examined · 27 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 06:30 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.