Jim Thompson House

WORKING WITH SILK

A narrow pathway led us along the canal past some amazing graffiti on the retaining wall. There was a giant painting of what looked like a chicken with four coloured swords piercing it's head. Hoping it wasn't a warning we continued on. We had to dodge a couple of motorcycles using the same  pathway so we turned off into a side street and came to the entrance of the Jim Thompson House.  Now a museum, the building is filled with artifacts and artwork collected by Jim Thompson, a great promoter of the modern silk trade. He was an American expat architect and his home is a lovely example east-west fusion. You are required to take a tour to go through the house and you can go through the surrounding gardens at your leisure. Corinne loved the secluded turtle pond. Jim Thompson, the one-time spy and silk entrepreneur, became somewhat of a legend after he disappeared under mysterious circumstances on a buying trip to Malaysia in 1967.

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