Villa Majorelle is one of the clearest ways to see Nancy's Art Nouveau legacy at domestic scale. Built for furniture designer Louis Majorelle, the house combines architecture, ironwork, stained glass, woodwork, and interior design into a single statement of the École de Nancy movement.
The villa rewards slow looking: window frames, stair details, floral motifs, and room layouts all show how Art Nouveau tried to make a complete environment rather than decorate a conventional house. Pair it with the Musée de l'École de Nancy for the strongest sense of the city's design culture.