In 1898, Louis Majorelle designed 3 rooms for the fashionable "Café de Paris", at 41 Rue de l’Opéra, in the French capital. This Art Nouveau work is very representative of the "fin-de-siècle" taste. The same year Majorelle hired the young architect Henri Sauvage for the construction of his Villa in Nancy. One year later, Henri Sauvage also executed the decoration of 2 other rooms in the same "Café de Paris.