French elegance of act and word as developed in private salons, far from the stifling 17th-century court.

The private salons of these large inns had separate, outside entrances, so that people could come and go without being seen.

A group of doctors, professors and journalists, united largely by their admiration for him, has private salons each week.

Although they were next to the "Mona Lisa" on the wall, the paintings might have been in a private salon.

She had sense enough to keep two paces behind him as they went down the darkened hallway and into the regent's private salon.

The rooms make Loehmann's dressing room look like a couturier's private salon.

Mrs. Everard did not keep us waiting long in the private salon to which we were shown.

The boxes come with private salons - once known as fainting rooms - that have bars, and of all things, television.

There was the ache of another kind of sorrow in his chest as he led the way to his private salon.

Patting her shellacked helmet of hair with a trembling hand, she ushered them into a private salon.