Achtergrondverhalen over De Jurk uit het Palmhoutwrak en andere vondsten uit eeuwenoude scheepswrakken.
Handelsschepen, oorlogsvloten, walvisvaarders, allemaal gingen ze voor anker op De Reede van Texel. In de 17e eeuw was dit dé plek om te laden, te lossen en te wachten op goede wind. Bij storm kon het er flink spoken. Dan verging er wel eens een schip. Hierdoor liggen er nu nog tientallen scheepswrakken op de zeebodem bij Texel. In Museum Kaap Skil vertellen we over deze unieke vondsten van de zeebodem.
They assume from the silver threads that it's a wedding dress, but the wealthy dressed in highly ornamental clothing on the regs back then, so that's really only one possible explanation... certainly wasn't an item that was within the reach of commoners, whether it was a wedding dress, or just a fancy dress for rich women...in any event, it's a remarkable find, whatever it's purpose...it would be interesting to know how much it would cost to have an exact replica hand woven & hand stitched today...
5:19 - this painting is as top quality as this dress, stunningly good. Any takers for the painter/painting name? The more I look at it, the more a tour de force I see.
Aaahh de prinses kon niet zwemmen. Had het mooiste moment van haar leven moeten zijn. Ook toen had je saboteurs. Welk verdrag of bestand is toen niet doorgegaan? Arme meid.
Of all the items brought up from the Titanic, the best preserved items were the ones left in a tightly shut leather case, such as a doctor's leather bag for his instruments. They must have found the dresses in a water tight leather trunk, but I don't think the archivers mentioned exactly how the dresses were stored.
This is one of the issues that has also puzzled researchers. There are dozens of wrecks in the vicinity, but none of them have yielded any textiles in a presentable state. Even a woollen sock in an advanced state of degradation is a rare find, leading to the conclusion that local underwater conditions are very detrimental to the survival of textile fibres. So what’s different here? We suspect that the gowns were exposed to almost no oxygen for centuries, and oxygen is a prime driver of decay. They were stored in heavy chests, while the wreck itself was submerged beneath the sediment for most of its existence, only recently washing free. In that sense, the divers were likely at the right place at the right time, before further decay could occur.
As the fabric of this gown was woven in with silver. I think that the antimicrobial property of that metal may have retarded the degradation of the silk which also resists degradation. That and the lack of oxygen may have all combined to preserve the gown.
The cloth of silver consists of straight strips of silver that have been woven into the fabric. The pattern is shaped in the weaving process, by varying the quantity of threads drawn over (or underneath) the silver strip to suit the desired pattern.
What's the old saying "you can't take it with you". Even back 400 years ago the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. Today's society hasn't changed except it won't be a "silver plated" wedding dress but one from a leading French Fashion House costing thousands and thousands of dollars.
She said the silver wasn't woven in like they commonly did with silver thread, but rather built into the garment. I'd like to know what process they used to do this!
The cloth of silver consists of straight strips of silver that have been woven into the fabric. The pattern is shaped in the weaving process, by varying the quantity of threads drawn over (or underneath) the silver strip to suit the desired pattern.
It's a shame we can't safely excavate, raise and preserve these wrecks to be studied in depth on land in controlled environments. Their cargo alone would give a wonderful insight into history of the time.
