[1] It was the family home of Maurice Burrus, a tobacco manufacturer and famous boss, built in 1900.

The factory was closed in 1947, and after Maurice's death in 1959, the building was sold to a religious congregation and then resold to private individuals.

The architects are two Alsatians who studied in Stuttgart and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Jules Berninger and his brother-in-law Gustave Krafft.

The hall features Ionic and Corinthian-style columns and is adorned with fake yellow marble.

The wooden room[4] is, as its name suggests, all in wood from floor to ceiling and half of the wall covered with embossed cardboard tapestries.