Siem Reap
Spun by golden worms and fashioned for kings. Elegant, soft and strong. This majestic, mystical golden material has a thread of heritage a thousand years old, inspiring a road in its name, a thousand miles long.
Golden Silk Pheach is a rare hidden gem in the world of silk production, cultivating, weaving and designing silk products of the finest and exquisite quality.
Embracing Cambodian tradition dating back to pre-Angkorian times, all Golden Silk Pheach designs are handmade from start to finish, using only natural materials, organic methods, thread from a rare and delicate breed of endemic silkworm.
Often described not as pieces of cloth but as pieces of art, every Golden Silk Pheach piece is timeless in design, luxurious to the touch and exquisite to the eye.
With the benevolent deities protection of the Angkor Temples, a precious variety of gold-colored Angkorian silk is today experiencing a revival of interest thanks to creations made with exclusive and age-old artisanal processes by Golden Silk Pheach team.
Golden Silk Pheach’s brocades and Ikats, the jewels of our creation, are not only vehicles for the memory of Cambodia, as the precious silk garments they adorn are one of the key elements of Cambodian history, but they also represent the spearhead of what could be called the “Silk Civilisation”.
Beyond the ancestral manufacturing technique, they are the tangible support of our ethical and social approach which favours the transmission of knowledge from generation to generation. The women who make these fabrics fully embody the creative power of our people.
Golden Silk Pheach’s adventure is that of a personal destiny for our founder Mrs. OUM Sophea Pheach – linked to a collective history full of remarkable and dramatic events.
From the very beginning of Golden Silk Pheach, our desire has been to channel the misfortunes of our country by reconstructing the Khmer cultural civilisation while magnifying the singular contribution of the people in its history.
Her Royal Highness, Princess Buppha Devi, is the best metaphorical representation of our country; Cambodia. She has embodied the continuity of Khmer beauty and culture through the tragic upheavals of our recent history. She has succeeded in carrying the most fundamental humanistic and social values through art and dance. Through her career as a prima ballerina of the Royal Ballet and later as Minister of Culture, she succeeded in giving her action a universal dimension.
It was a great pleasure and honour for us that she accepted to be the patron of Golden Silk Pheach by presiding over the opening of our Preservation Centre on 15th November 2010.
Her royal presence at this ceremony marks the continuity of the Khmer tradition and symbolises the link between the silk of the Kings of Angkor and our work.
