WHAT IS A DINNER PARTY

“A dinner party is a familiar ritual in most homes. The guests arrive. The table is set with plates that the woman of the house may have decorated with softly-painted flowers sunk deeply into the glaze. The plates are thoughtfully arranged on a table which is covered with a table cloth that the woman might have sewn, carefully embroidering the edges with small scallops whose fine detail can easily be overlooked. “
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This excerpt from @judy.chicago ‘s The Dinner Party preface, sets a place for unsung women in history (including Salonnière Natalie Clifford Barney) while also making a “powerful argument for the importance of these traditionally feminine artistic practices, which have been unfairly relegated to the realm of craft”.
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Read more about The Dinner Party in our IRL Salonnière Paper 01