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Sixty-five years ago, just two days the end of the World War II, Jim Thompson, an architect New York, arrived Thailand as a part of his volunteer service the US Army's Office of Strategic Service nothing to suggest that his name would later become one of the world's most famous icons Thai artistry.

his imaginative eyes and considerate mind, Thompson immediately became very interested hand-woven Thai silk.

He assembled a small collection of the fabric, and, confidence that the quality of the Thai silk would have appeal outside Thailand, subsequently took it to show friends and potential buyers New York. And that's when the Thai-silk road world fame began.

Jim Thompson's Thai Silk Company was registered 1951 with the original purpose of reviving Thailand's craft weaving industry, which that time was quickly fading due to competition from cheaper, machine-made fabrics. Nine years later, the Thai government awarded Thompson the Order of the White Elephant in recognition of his contribution the country.

Today the company, with its 100 percent vertical operation—meaning all the products are manufactured here in Thailand under the care of the Thai Silk Co.—is the world's largest manufacturer of hand-woven fabrics, more than 3,500 employees. That does not include some 1,000 silk artisans northeastern villages whom the firm also works with.

The company's properties include Thompson's world-famous traditional Thai house Bangkok's Pathumwan district, which has been registered as a national museum, two silk farms that cover more than 3,000 rai of land in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, 38 retail shops in Asia, America and Europe, and 10 restaurants in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. …

''Mr. Thompson was famous not only for silk for his gracious hospitality. In the 50s and 60s, his Bangkok mansion often hosted dinner parties musicians, writers, statesmen and Hollywood celebrities. Somerset Maugham, Anne Baxter and Robert Kennedy were also among his guests.''

Patrick Booth, the company's director of food and beverage department, the cuisine offered every Jim Thompson outlet is "absolute Thai, Thompson-style". … , the menu and decor reflect an appealing mix of tradition and innovation inspired by Thompson's marvelous taste in art and design. …

90 percent of the Jim Thompson enterprise's approximately two-billion-baht yearly revenue comes from tourists, the company not only helps popularise Thai culture among foreigners, it also encourages Thais to understand more traditional ways of life that may be disappearing.

, the Jim Thompson Farm in Nakhon Ratchasima's Pak Thong Chai district (originally a silk cultivation farm and weaving village) opened in 2000. Visitors can learn about the Thai silk production process as well as the regional culture of the northeast. Hoping to give farm visitors a better understanding of art, environment, nature ecological system, the farm has lately initiated the "Art Centre on Farm" project. …

"You can learn the silkworm cycle, local craftsmanship and Isan life."

those who are interested in agricultural and gastronomic tourism, the farm is also a great place to visit. A spacious plot of land has been dedicated to organic fruit, vegetable and flower plantations.