The publication was released on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name, which was organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Corning Museum of Glass and hosted at the Benaki Museum (February 20-May 15, 2002). This book is about the techniques of producing and decorating glass in the Islamic world from the 7th to the 19th century and includes extensive scholarly descriptions of the objects, as well as an analysis of the chemical composition of Islamic glass.
Texts: Stefano Carboni, David Whitehouse, Robert H.Brill, William Gudenrath
Translation of the publication released in 2001 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Maria Diamanti