A four-metre-long woven textile made from the silk of more than a million female Golden Orb spiders collected from the highlands of Madagascar is on display at the Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum in London.

The hand-woven brocaded textile, which is on display at the museum till June 5, 2012, is naturally golden in colour and took over four years to create.

It will be shown together with a new golden cape, currently being woven and embroidered in Madagascar, which will go on public display for the very first time at the V&A.

The clothes have reportedly been made by Englishman Simon Peers, who lives in Madagascar, and American Nicholas Godley, and are the only large textiles in the world to have been made from spider silk.

"The unique and historic costume and textile collections have been a constant source of inspiration over the years. As far as we know the V&A has never before shown anything made from spider silk, despite its diverse collections of art and decorative arts," the Press Association quoted Peers saying.

While extracting the silk from crafting the designs, the spiders remain unharmed and are returned to the wild following the extraction.

Take a look at glimpses of the exclusive display at the V&A Museum:

World039s Largest Textile Created from Golden Spider Silk Dazzles On-lookers
Yellow woven spider silk cape V&A/Handout
World039s Largest Textile Created from Golden Spider Silk Dazzles On-lookers
Spider Silk being woven V&A/Handout
World039s Largest Textile Created from Golden Spider Silk Dazzles On-lookers
The golden orb spider V&A/Handout
World039s Largest Textile Created from Golden Spider Silk Dazzles On-lookers
The Alpaida latro spider held in place for silk extraction. V&A/Handout
World039s Largest Textile Created from Golden Spider Silk Dazzles On-lookers
A model displaying the Yellow woven spider silk cape. V&A/Handout
World039s Largest Textile Created from Golden Spider Silk Dazzles On-lookers
Golden Orb Weaver spider V&A/Handout
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