After her retirement in 1741, she became the hostess of a famous salon, called the Bout-du-Banc.

For almost 60 years, she presided over the most famous and influential literary salon in Paris.

Varvara, meanwhile, became totally engrossed in the arts and hosted her famous salon every night after the theater or ballet.

There Louise established a famous salon in her home to which the most important writers, artists, and intellectuals were invited.

Here Louise re-established her famous salon, although perhaps on a somewhat smaller scale than in Paris.

She hosted the most famous literary salon of the Arab world during the twenties and thirties in Cairo.

It was the first and most famous salon in French history.

Her childhood was spent in the shadow of her mother's love affairs and famous salon.

His mother held a famous salon in Paris.

By this time, he was a well-established figure in the Paris art world, and a welcome guest at some of the most famous salons.