||Sa`lon" (?), n.
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).
||Sa`lon" (?), n. [F. See Saloon.]
An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the
plural, fashionable
parties; circles of fashionable society.
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