The beautiful setting for Jim Thompson's house. He was an American architect, who is famous for reviving the Thai silk industry after WWII   (111k)	Thompson acquired many wood carvings including Burmese statues and several items from Cambodia   (84k)	Jim Thompson dismantled six teak houses from Ban Khrua and Ayutthaya province and assembled them here in 1959   (98k)
Thompson was a collector of artifacts from all over Thailand, Burma, Cambodia and elsewhere   (70k)	This is unique architecture because the six old teak houses, some dating back to 1800 were combined to make one large one   (106k)	Chinese porcelain is found throughout the buildings here.   (91k)

Click on a picture above to see the full-size image

© 2003 Mike and Poom   http://mikeandpoom.org