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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Salon

/səl-än'/ · Sa·lon · IPA /səˈlɑn/
01 n. An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.
  1. 1.
    An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.
  2. 2.
    An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; -- sometimes called the Old Salon. New Salon is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Société des Artistes Français (Society of French Artists). Also: <col>Old Salon</col>