A very well preserved 17th-century CE satin silk damask dress, decorated with a woven floral motif, found in the Palmwood shipwreck off the coast of the Dutch island of Texel in the Wadden Sea. Now housed at the Museum Kaap Skil in the Netherlands [2048×2048]

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    1. So it was completely soaked in salt water for 400 years ? It’s amazing. The salt must have preserved it, like pickling.

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