Armenian Cochineal on the Silk Road: Red-Dyed Wool Mantles from Late Antique Egypt
Among the textiles recovered from the necropolis of Antinoé (Antinoopolis) in Middle Egypt during Albert Gayet's 1898 campaign, and now held at the Musée des Tissus et des Arts Décoratifs in Lyon, the group of men's mantles stands out as
A rare Mamluk-period red cotton tab embellished with the Armenian Marash embroidery
The tab that belongs to the Mamluk period was discovered in Fustat (the first capital of Egypt under Muslim rule and the historical center of modern Cairo), created in the Near East by Armenians or for Armenians (Tab with linked
