Margaret S. Graves
Art historian and professor of Islamic art and architecture known for research on fabrication and forgery in Islamic ceramics; author of Invisible Hands: Fabrication, Forgery, and the Art of Islamic Ceramics (Princeton UP, 2026).
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Feb 27, 2026 • 58min
Margaret S. Graves, "Invisible Hands: Fabrication, Forgery, and the Art of Islamic Ceramics" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Margaret S. Graves, art historian and professor of Islamic art who studies fabrication and forgery in ceramics. She recounts how 19th-century markets and colonial networks fueled a boom in fabricated “antiquities.” She describes techniques like bricolage, surface remaking, and artificial aging. She also traces production centers, trade routes, and scientific testing that upends assumptions about authenticity.
