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A 75 Year Odyssey - Weavers’ Guild of Saint Louis

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Gloria Swanson, Lillan Gish and Charles Chaplin dominated the year in cinema and here in St. Louis, Edmund Wuerpel, Director of the Saint Louis School of Fine Arts, asked painter Lillian Glaser to teach handweaving at the school (now a part of Washington University).




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Description: Weavers' Guild of St. Louis
The St. Louis Weavers' Guild is a not for profit group of contemporary textile artists. Founded in 1926, it is the second oldest fiber guild in the United States. Our membership ranges from the novice hobby weaver to the professional production weaver.

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