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Professional-Dig6481 t1_j8zan5g wrote
I think the silver preserved it since it has antibacterial properties and prob kept stuff from growing on it
ShatsnerBassoon t1_j8zcaua wrote
That dress is clearly orange.
Seriously, it's remarkable how well preserved it is.
Wolverine78 t1_j8ze7b2 wrote
Fascinating , probably was en route from the Netherlands to England ? those leather book bindings with the coat of arms of Scottish-English Stuart royal family may indicate the dress belonged to them or maybe to Dutch nobility.
Tidesticky t1_j8zmjq5 wrote
Very, very cool! Hope they can suss out who the dress was going to and what she did without her dress.
TP70 t1_j906acm wrote
I'm dutch and this news is from November. The box was found in 2014. It took years to carefully explore the content because it is very fragile.
KayLovesPurple t1_j90kpgx wrote
There's two of them. The one from the title is not orange, but also not silver since the silver on it has decayed, but the pattern on it can still be seen (there is a pic of the dress and a pic of the pattern near the end of the article).
Alarmed_Scientist_15 t1_j90u643 wrote
Pretty cool but they freaking could have lit the items properly.
Cutriss t1_j917vf4 wrote
No, it’s black and blue!
DefenestrationPraha t1_j91iddk wrote
Silver also has rather strong anti-microbial properties.
Gruffstone t1_j91q0he wrote
I wonder if the owners of these treasures were on the ship that sank or would they have traveled in a more luxurious vessel.
Donkervoort_ t1_j91q4a6 wrote
Probably deep under the muck where there is no air
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ITGenji t1_j93f2ep wrote
There was many other pieces recovered. The silver probably had very little to do with it surviving.
TheRichTurner t1_j93pnx4 wrote
Silver? That dress looks gold to me. Does anyone else see silver?
Va0utdoor t1_j940a29 wrote
Yeah this one ship wreck had a hand sketched drawing of a naked woman recovered from it…. Wait that was a movie. But I agree with you, the way some things remain and can preserved is crazy
sheloveschocolate t1_j954xag wrote
See the silver lines? That's the silver
TheRichTurner t1_j95dsso wrote
Sorry, I was just jokingly trying to revive the old controversy of the dress that nobody could agree the colour of from a few years back.
sheloveschocolate t1_j95ilr1 wrote
It was very earlier for me not fully awake. Ans anyways everyone knows it's blue and black
BarKnight OP t1_j8z9199 wrote
The ship sunk in 1660 it's amazing that they are able to recover intact cloth, let alone an entire dress from the ship. I guess the cold dark water of the North Sea helped to preserve it.