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Dorothy Gardner (15 May 1832 - 12 June 1926) was a Scottish weaver. She won the Lauder Prize in 1936 for her hand loom weaving.

Life
She was from Elderslie.

Potentials

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Art
She exhibited in the 1930 Scottish Society of Woman Artists exhibition.

She exhibited in the United Crafts exhibition of 1936 in the McLellan Galleries.

She won the Lauder Prize in 1936 for her hand loom weaving.

She exhibited in the 1937 British Crafts exhibition in the McLellan Galleries.

In the 1937 Glasgow Society of Lady Artists exhibition she exhibited hand-woven bags and scarfs.

She was said to 'monopolise the field of weaving' in the 1938 GSLA exhibition. She was one of five artists that exhibited in their collective GLSA exhibition of 1939.

She exhibited in the 1940 GSLA exhibition.