Jim Thompson Bangkok

In Bangkok I visited Jim Thompson's House.  We had a lovely lunch in the cafe at the museum and I vicariously spent up on the gorgeous silks in the shop.
Thompson was an American who famously worked to develop the Thai silk industry in the post war years.  Jim Thompson Silk is now a huge business.
He disappeared mysteriously in Malaysia in 1961.  His house has been turned into a museum.  Thompson trained as an architect and built his home using traditional Thai techniques to combine six Thai houses into one home. 
It was a beautiful building with gorgeous gardens and many interesting and beautiful antiques displayed inside. 
This  400 year old statue was in his bedroom, in front of a window overlooking the side garden.