The robe may have come from the Ottoman Empire or Eastern Europe. The bright red dye, derived from insects, was one of the most exclusive dyes in the 17th century, according to the museum researchers.

An extraordinarily rare and luxurious seventeenth-century silk dress (left) is one of the 1,500 artifacts pulled from the wreck of a Dutch merchant ship found off the island of Texel in the Wadden ...

Past Auction Richard Cosway British, 1742–1821 Maria Cosway, her daughter Louisa and dog; Maria stands full-length on steps, wearing 17th century style costume, her dress looped up over an underskirt, ...

Art history sleuths in Europe have determined that two separate portraits by a 17th-century Flemish artist actually belong together — and the two works of art have been reunited in a Danish museum.

Join the Saugus Iron Works on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. to noon to learn about 17th century games like shuttlecock, nine-pins, hoop and roll, and more!

Two artists are to undertake a riverside pilgrimage in period dress to remember women persecuted as witches in the 17th Century. Ruth Dillon and Eleanor Dale are following the River Yare from ...

Few textiles or clothing from the 17th century remain preserved today, and it’s even more rare to find them in shipwrecks because fabric decays so quickly.

Stunning silver wedding dress recovered from 17th century shipwreck In 1660, a ship carrying a treasure trove of luxury goods sank off the coast of Texel, the largest island in the North Sea ...