Glass of the sultans / Stefano Carboni and David Whitehouse, with contributions by Robert H. Brill and William Gudenrath.

Title: 
Glass of the sultans / Stefano Carboni and David Whitehouse, with contributions by Robert H. Brill and William Gudenrath.

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Author/Artist: 
Carboni, Stefano.
Publisher: 
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Corning, N.Y. : Corning Museum of Glass ; Athens : Benaki Museum ; New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.
Description: 
330 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Other Authors: 
Whitehouse, David, 1941-2013.
Corning Museum of Glass.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Format of Material: 
Books
Photographs
Subjects: 
Islamic glassware Exhibitions.
Glassware Islamic influences Exhibitions.
Glassware, Islamic CMG
Bib ID: 
68105
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
NK5108.5.C26
Location: 
Ready Reference
Call Number: 
NK5108.5.C26
Location: 
Secured Stacks
Call Number: 
NK5108.5.C26
Location: 
Rights & Reproduction Master Collection
Call Number: 
NK5108.5.C26
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Notes: 
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, N.Y., May 24-Sept. 3, 2001; at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 2, 2001-Jan. 13, 2002; and at the Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece, from Feb. 20-May 15, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-323) and index.
Reviewed by David Watts in Glass Circle New, no. 87, June 2001, p. 10.
Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging in June 2011. Text-searchable .pdf created from digital file.
CMGL c. 4 includes Corning Museum of Glass Calendar of activities for May 2001; press release for the exhibition; article on the exhibition from the New York Times July 13, 2001.
Corning Museum of Glass exhibition, 2001.
Contents: 
Glass production in the Islamic world: a historical overview / Stefano Carboni --
The growth of interest in Islamic glass / David Whitehouse --
Archaeological excavations of Islamic glass / Stefano Carboni --
Some thoughts on the chemistry and technology of Islamic glass / Robert H. Brill --
A survey of Islamic glassworking and glass-decorating techniques / William Gudenrath --
Undecorated blown glass / David Whitehouse --
Mold-blown glass / David Whitehouse --
Hot-worked glass / Stefano Carboni --
Mosaic glass / David Whitehouse --
Cut and engraved glass / David Whitehouse --
Painted glass / Stefano Carboni --
Glass in the Age of the Empires / Carboni and Whitehouse --
Imitations of Islamic glass / Carboni and Whitehouse.
ISBN: 
0870999869 (hc.)
0870999877 (pbk.)
0300088515 (Yale Univ. Press)

Object/Material Note

Object/Material Note: 
Includes CMoG objects: 67.1.45, p. 18, #3 (part of group) -- 69.1.46, p. 18, #3 (part of group) -- 69.1.43, p. 18, #3 (part of group) -- 69.1.39, p. 18, #3 (part of group) -- 69.1.40, p. 18, #3 (part of group) -- 69.1.41, p. 18, #3 (part of group) -- 69.1.42, p. 18, #3 (part of group) -- 69.1.38, p. 18, #3 (group) -- 69.1.44, p. 18, #3 (group) -- 54.1.73, p. 73, #3 -- 54.1.129, p. 74-75, #5 -- 50.1.38, p. 79, #9 -- 86.7.15, p. 85, #11 -- 55.1.6, p. 93, #19 -- 66.1.5, p. 98-99, #25 -- 59.1.515, p. 121, #38 -- 59.1.512, p. 126-127, #43 -- 55.1.17, p. 130-131, #47 -- 50.1.32, p. 139, #55 -- 79.1.2, p. 150, #64 -- 55.1.112, p. 163, #69 -- 68.1.1, p. 167, #73 -- 55.1.129, p. 168, #74 -- 53.1.8, p. 169, #75 -- 79.1.293, p. 172-173, #79 -- 55.1.147, p. 178-179, #84 -- 71.1.7, p. 181, #86 -- 85.1.1, p. 184, #90 -- 55.1.136, p. 188, #93; p. 176-178, #83 (parallel) -- 67.1.3, p. 189, #94 -- 55.1.134, p. 190, #95 -- 67.1.11, p. 160-161, #96 -- 55.1.139, p. 196-197, #101 -- 69.1.1, p. 208, #102 -- 69.1.4, p. 209-210, #103 -- 96.1.1, p. 263, #104 -- 99.1.1, p. 3; pp. 213-214, #105 -- 79.1.33, p. 215-216, #106 -- 64.1.32, p. 225, #112 -- 69.1.2, p. 246, #122 -- 55.1.36, p. 265, #131 -- 90.1.1, p. 270-271, #134 -- 59.1.575, p. 292, #147 -- 54.1.160, p. 293, #148 -- 55.1.21, p. 294, #149 -- 55.1.20, p. 295, #150 -- 78.3.16, p. 307, #154 -- 69.3.9, p. 308-309, #155 -- 79.3.850, p. 311, #157.