The works is the setting for an imaginary, formal meal to celebrate significant women in Western culture.
For five years, many artists collaborated to produce the “women’s-work” ceramics, china painting, and needlework, under the direction of Judy Chicago.
Thirty-nine place settings each contain a painted porcelain plate and stitched runner with symbols and text that honor a woman in Western history
Some artwork references a ritual
meal, although no food is shown.