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Silk loom, Jim Thompson House Sales outlet of Jim Thompson House. The Jim Thompson House is a museum in central Bangkok, Thailand, housing the art collection of American businessman and architect James Harrison Wilson Thompson or simply Jim Thompson, the museum designer and former owner. [1]
constructing the Jim Thompson House in Bangkok, Thailand. "mysteriously" disappearing from the Cameron Highlands without a trace. James Harrison Wilson Thompson (March 21, 1906 – disappeared March 26, 1967; declared dead 1974) was an American businessman who helped revitalize the Thai silk industry in the 1950s and 1960s.
The remains, without the skull, were discovered by Orang Asli settlers in a grave at the edge of a vegetable plot off the main road in Brinchang. [20] [21]Philip J. Rivers, a master mariner, said he learned of the discovery from a health officer while researching Thompson's disappearance in 2007.
Exit 1: Soi Kasemsan 2, Jim Thompson House Museum, Pathumwan Institute of Technology, Tesco Lotus Rama 1, Bus Stop to Siam (escalator) Exit 2: Sala Wachirawut National Stadium, Charoen Phon Intersection, Bus Stop to Yotse (Elevator) Exit 3: Bangkok Art and Culture Center (bridge) Exit 4: 2nd floor, MBK Center (bridge)
Thai man spools silk at Jim Thompson House. After silk originated in ancient China and India, where the practice of weaving silk began around 2,640 BCE, Chinese merchants spread the use of silk throughout Asia through trade. Archaeologists found the first fibers of silk in Thailand to be over 3,000 years old, in the ruins of Ban Chiang.
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Thai news outlet Bangkok Post reported that the brothers have been charged with offences including robbery, causing physical harm to an on-duty officer, attempted bribery, and driving a motorcycle ...
Jim Thompson Museum (พิพิธภัณฑ์จิม ทอมป์สัน) was constructed by American expatriate Jim Thompson from several traditional Thai-style houses, dismantled and assembled into one dwelling. Thompson helped restore and promote the Thai homemade silk industry after World War II.