Albany Institute of History and Art : 200 Years of Collecting

The Albany Institute is one of the nation's oldest cultural institutions, dating to 1791.

This comprehensive overview of its American art and decorative-arts collections presents colorplates and essays about 130 objects (of a total exceeding 20,000), each chosen for its national significance, artistic merit, and relevance to the Institute's mission: collecting and interpreting the art, history, and culture of New York State's Upper Hudson Valley from the late seventeenth century to the present.

Chapters are devoted to Paintings and Drawings, Miniatures, Sculpture, Prints, Silver and Pewter Furniture, Stoves, Ceramics and Glass, Textiles, and Costumes.