Tuesday 24 January 2012


Golden spider silk on display at UK’s V&A Museum

Reference Only - Past Event

Detail of embroidered cape made of spider silk, made by Simon Peers and Nicholas Godley, 2011


Room 17a
Free admission
This display will showcase the world’s largest pieces of cloth made from spider silk. It will include a brocaded shawl made from the silk of more than one million female golden orb-weaver spiders collected in the highlands of Madagascar, as well as a cape on public display for the first time. The display will also feature background material and a short film revealing the process.