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)
August 15 - August 25
Stanford
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.
Text Machines: Scarlet Thread of the Digital Order (1883-2026)
August 15 - August 25
Stanford
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.
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