Terms of use

1. About these terms

This website is operated by Ardelia Inc., a Delaware corporation based in New York, NY (“Ardelia”, “we”, “us”). By using the website you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, please do not use the website.

2. Research assistance only

Ardelia provides research assistance only. Results are drawn from third-party archives and databases that may be incomplete or contain errors, and should be verified against original sources. Nothing provided by Ardelia, on this website or through its products, constitutes legal advice or a determination of title, ownership, or the merits of any claim.

Any example on this website, including the illustrative provenance entry, is invented for demonstration and describes no real object, owner or claim.

3. Third-party sources and links

Ardelia searches public sources, which are credited by name. Their names are used only to identify them; Ardelia is not affiliated with or endorsed by them, and their content remains subject to their own terms.

Links to other websites are provided for convenience. We are not responsible for their content or their privacy practices.

4. Intellectual property

The text, design and software of this website belong to Ardelia or its licensors, except where a credit line names another rights holder. You may view and share pages for personal, scholarly or non-commercial purposes with attribution. Please ask us before any other use.

5. Acceptable use

Please do not misuse the website: for example, by trying to gain unauthorized access, interfering with its operation, sending unsolicited messages through its forms, or collecting data from it by automated means.

6. No warranty

The website and its content are provided “as is,” without warranties of any kind. We work to keep them accurate and available, but do not promise that they will be complete, current, uninterrupted or free of errors.

7. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Ardelia Inc. is not liable for any damages arising from use of the website or its content.

8. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York.

9. Image credits

The photographs in the walk on the home page are used under the licences shown:

• Card cabinet. Photograph by 丘崈 · CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
• Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, annotated catalogue of the Gros sale, Paris, 1778. Petit Palais, Paris · CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
• Bexhill Museum accession register, 1913. Kept by Kate Marsden · Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
• Card index of the Mundaneum, Mons. Photograph by Romaine · CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, Wikimedia Commons.
• The back of a painting, with its label. Photograph by Bob Herskovitz, Minnesota Historical Society · CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, Wikimedia Commons.
• La Trobe Reading Room, State Library Victoria. Photograph by Bhullargraphic · CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, Wikimedia Commons.

10. Changes and contact

We may update these terms from time to time; the date at the top shows the latest version. Questions about these terms: [email protected].