This event is in the past.It took place on August 25, 2026 at Cecil H Green Library.

Text Machines: Scarlet Thread of the Digital Order (1883-2026) 1
Decorative Exhibition
Text Machines: Scarlet Thread of the Digital Order (1883-2026) 2
Text Machines: Scarlet Thread of the Digital Order (1883-2026) 3

Text Machines: Scarlet Thread of the Digital Order (1883-2026)

August 15 - August 25

At Cecil H Green Library

Stanford

๐Ÿ”Ask to see the microscope images up close
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธOpen to all, no Stanford ID needed

A 19th-century book woven entirely on a silk loom sits at the heart of this free exhibition, drawing a surprising thread between Victorian textile machines and today's digital revolution. Microscope images and woven enlargements reveal how poetry was once literally threaded into fabric.

rare book exhibition
textile art history
technology parallels
free admission

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