noun
1.
a spacious elegant apartment or living room (as in a fashionable house)
her salon was decorated à la Louis XV
Synonyms: drawing room, saloon
Related Word: parlor; suite
2.
a fashionable assemblage of notables held by custom at the home of a prominent person
was famous for her literary salons
Synonyms: saloon
Related Word: at home; reception; levee; evening, soiree