![Reviving a lost tradition: Cape made from silk of a million spiders unveiled for new exhibition | Daily Mail Online Reviving a lost tradition: Cape made from silk of a million spiders unveiled for new exhibition | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/23/article-2090608-116BADF5000005DC-750_1024x615_large.jpg)
Reviving a lost tradition: Cape made from silk of a million spiders unveiled for new exhibition | Daily Mail Online
![Two men led a team of 80 people, spent 5 years collecting 1.2 million golden orb spiders, milked them for their silk, and created the rarest textile on Earth: A golden silk Two men led a team of 80 people, spent 5 years collecting 1.2 million golden orb spiders, milked them for their silk, and created the rarest textile on Earth: A golden silk](https://external-preview.redd.it/4x3PI_AoXrmXGspLdSGicHqUAfXl-9MV5vSzYcppvVg.jpg?auto=webp&s=30f732fce64d0e6189618311f0a0f972386a15fd)
Two men led a team of 80 people, spent 5 years collecting 1.2 million golden orb spiders, milked them for their silk, and created the rarest textile on Earth: A golden silk
![Liz is forkonthemove on X: "Robe made of SPIDER SILK, detail on the right. It took 3 years to 'milk' more than a million spiders to make this. See it at the Liz is forkonthemove on X: "Robe made of SPIDER SILK, detail on the right. It took 3 years to 'milk' more than a million spiders to make this. See it at the](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgAPWA-WAAMFj7H.jpg)
Liz is forkonthemove on X: "Robe made of SPIDER SILK, detail on the right. It took 3 years to 'milk' more than a million spiders to make this. See it at the
![Stronger than steel, stretchier than rubber': the quest to harness the power of spider silk | Australian books | The Guardian Stronger than steel, stretchier than rubber': the quest to harness the power of spider silk | Australian books | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1ce91f496bfa8324d4bf037dc30f61ce8ee3cefc/0_0_5388_3744/master/5388.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none)
Stronger than steel, stretchier than rubber': the quest to harness the power of spider silk | Australian books | The Guardian
![Gold silk cape made from webs of the golden orb spider. It took a team of 70 people 4 years to harvest enough silk to make it. : r/Damnthatsinteresting Gold silk cape made from webs of the golden orb spider. It took a team of 70 people 4 years to harvest enough silk to make it. : r/Damnthatsinteresting](https://i.redd.it/naw6yru58dea1.jpg)
Gold silk cape made from webs of the golden orb spider. It took a team of 70 people 4 years to harvest enough silk to make it. : r/Damnthatsinteresting
![Reviving a lost tradition: Cape made from silk of a million spiders unveiled for new exhibition | Daily Mail Online Reviving a lost tradition: Cape made from silk of a million spiders unveiled for new exhibition | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/23/article-0-116AB38B000005DC-642_634x753.jpg)
Reviving a lost tradition: Cape made from silk of a million spiders unveiled for new exhibition | Daily Mail Online
![Golden Orb spider silk robe Victoria and Albert Museum di Londra Inghilterra Regno Unito da artista Simon coetanei e designer Nicholas Godley Foto stock - Alamy Golden Orb spider silk robe Victoria and Albert Museum di Londra Inghilterra Regno Unito da artista Simon coetanei e designer Nicholas Godley Foto stock - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/compit/cfgxjb/golden-orb-spider-silk-robe-victoria-and-albert-museum-di-londra-inghilterra-regno-unito-da-artista-simon-coetanei-e-designer-nicholas-godley-cfgxjb.jpg)