Posted on 04/24/2016 6:11:38 AM PDT by Kaslin
A 17th-century silk dress reportedly belonging to someone on the royal court of an English queen was found buried in sand on a Dutch island.
The Dutch News reported Thursday the dress belonged to someone who was on the royal court of English Queen Henrietta Maria. The queen was apparently traveling on a secret mission in the Wadden Sea when one of her baggage ships sank.
According to paper, the queen’s trip to the Dutch Republic was to deliver her 11-year-old daughter to the court of William II, Prince of Orange – whom the girl married a year before the delivery.
However, the trip was apparently a cover for a secret mission.
The mission was to sell the crown jewels and use the money to buy weapons for King Charles I. A pivotal move because the king needed the weapons in the English Civil War.
Experts at Leiden University and the University of Amsterdam confirmed the authenticity of the dress, the Dutch News reported.
The gown is well preserved and was on display at the Texel maritime museum earlier in April.
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Cool!
Can’t wait for the vintage clothing auction on ebay, bidding should be legendary.
A replica could be attempted ... looks like it would fit an 11-year-old.
It never stuck, but some ladies were absolutely lovely in that style of clothing
Exxxxxcellent! That's my size.
That’s what I was thinking. I read that except for Scotland, most people in that area were much smaller than we are and women averaged 5’ to 5’3” while men averaged 5’6”. The Scots (men) were about 6’1”. My ancestors came here from Scotland in the 1700’s during the clearances and most males in my family are 6’ to 6’5”.
That’s an advantage if you want to wear historic fashions. I’m taller.
The torso of the dress looks very small. Nutrition in those days didn’t build the kind of bone structure we have today. Here’s a brief bio of the lady, who was a Scot:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ker,_Countess_of_Roxburghe
It was the hardy Scots-Irish who settled the frontier areas of western PA, Ohio and Kentucky starting in the mid 1700’s.
Something is not right about this Fox story.
That girl was born in 1585. She was 12 by 1597. If so, then this is a “16th century dress.”
Countess of Roxburge, Jean Kerr (Ker):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ker,_Countess_of_Roxburghe
The ship sank in 1643, when the countess was almost 60. Maybe she just had a small build, or was corseted extremely tightly, or the display or photograph gives a mistaken impression of the dress size.
My ex #3 was a size 00. How does that compare to this dress?
Some ladies are absolutely lovely in anything.
Or nothing...
I’ve got tons of vintage attire. Being a history buff I often go to CW reenanctments and have rarely had to rent costumes. :D
And then there’s Gunne Sax. I usually have to alter them, but they’re best on taller women. Quickest way to look like a prairie goddess!
So the English were marring off there daughters at age 10 and delivering them at age 11.
I suppose it’s better than marrying at 6 and delivering at 9.
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