The living room or “salon”, perceived as a public space is above all a French creation of the 16th century. The salon was, where chats, and informal talks were made, without aiming any real objectives. The single purpose was only the pleasure of socializing that brought people together and to show their availability to communicate, to develop the art of conversation, to make new acquaintances and share their moments of joy.
The salon used to be the perfect place for social representation. The most obvious social indicator was the cloths, the manners, the skillful use of foreign languages, the intellectual level of conversation, the cultural knowledge of the speaker or even the fine gestures such as raising the stakes at the playing table. The salon, as a Western socializing form, develops in Satu Mare after the returning of the first generations of youths who studied abroad, bringing more refinement and dynamics to the local life. PV