
Jim Thompson
The Thai Silk Sketchbook
William Warren(Author)
Editions Didier Millet (Publisher)
Published on 30. December 2017
Book
Hardback
72 pages
978-981-3018-93-8 (ISBN)
Description
When the renowned American businessman, Jim Thompson, disappeared on Easter Sunday 1967 in mysterious circumstances, the legend of this extraordinarily gifted designer and entrepreneur began. During a period of two decades, he had developed silk making from being a static village craft into a dynamic textile industry providing exquisite silks for both the Thai domestic and international markets. The house he built in Bangkok is a work of art in itself, furnished with his superb collection of Asian antiques and artefacts. Somerset Maugham was to write after on of Thompson's enchanting dinner parties, "You have not only beautiful things, but what is rarer you have arranged them with faultless taste." This attractive book portrays the world of Jim Thompson with annotated sketches and fine watercolor paintings - exploring his life story; the house, now a museum; the history of silk; sericulture and silk making; and the company he established which today continues his work, producing some of the world's finest fabrics and designs.
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Edition
Annotated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Edition type
Annotated edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 287 mm
Width: 252 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
818 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-3018-93-8 (9789813018938)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Illustrated by Graham Byfield - By William Warren