Stefano Carboni and David Whitehouse, with contributions by Robert H. Brill and William Gudenrath.

330 pages, 150 color illustrations, 2001.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Glass of the Sultans" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 2, 2001-January 13, 2002. This catalogue accompanies an exhibition that brings together more than 150 glass objects representing twelve centuries of Islamic glassmaking. Included are the principal types of pre-industrial glass from Egypt, the Middle East, and India in a comprehensive array of shapes, colors, and techniques such as glassblowing, the use of molds, the manipulation of molten glass with tools, and the application of molten glass to complete or decorate an object.