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 The late American entrepreneur Jim Thompson is credited with revitalizing and bringing world fame to the Thai silk industry.
Thompson, who settled in Bangkok in 1945, recognized the commercial possibilities of Thai silk at a time when the ancient handicraft was quickly disappearing due to competition from cheaper, machine-made fabrics. Convinced that the beauty and quality of Thai silk would have appeal outside Thailand, Thompson founded The Thai Silk Company, Ltd. For over fifty years, the Bangkok-based company has been the premiere manufacturer of exquisite Thai silk products. By the 1960s, the company had helped spawn over a hundred other silk companies in Thailand and silk had become the country's most famous product.
The Thai Silk Company Ltd. has exclusive branch shops in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore and their home furnishings are distributed world-wide. The company operates a shop at the Jim Thompson House Museum at Thompson’s famed traditional Thai residence, which was, in his lifetime, Bangkok’s most celebrated social center and today draws visitors from around the world. Thompson’s mysterious disappearance in the Malaysian jungle in 1967 sparked the Jim Thompson legend, and his successes in Thailand have made his story one of the most popular postwar legends.
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