Silk cape spun by one million spiders

A cape created from golden silk spun by more than a million spiders is going on display this week.

The hand-woven garment is being shown at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum alongside the golden spider silk, a 4m-long piece of brocaded fabric.

It took over four years to make the items from the silk of 1.2m female golden orb spiders, native to Madagascar.