A matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙira mafi daraja da shahara a tarihin catur, salon Régence ya samo sunansa ne daga shahararren Café de la Régence a Paris. Waɗannan saitunan suna wakiltar zamanin da catur ya koma daga kotunan sarauta zuwa zuciyar ilimi ta Turai, yana kawata teburorin masu falsafa, masana kimiyya, da masu juyin juya hali. A tsawon ƙarni na 18 da mafi yawan ƙarni na 19, wannan ƙira ta kasance harshe na duniya baki ɗaya na wasan, tana shaida motsin dabaru na tunani waɗanda suka canza tafarkin tarihi, kamar Napoleon Bonaparte, Benjamin Franklin, da Voltaire.
A wannan zamanin, lokacin da babban malami François-André Danican Philidor ya ba wasan ginshiƙi na zamani na ilmi ta hanyar bayyana cewa “Ƙananan firiyuna su ne rai na catur.” Layukan siriri, masu matakai, da na gine-gine na kayan Régence sun zama alamar gani ta wannan juyin ilimi. Wannan tarin yana tsaye a matsayin tunawa mai rai, yana ɗauke da gadon 'yanci, na kyan gani, da na dabaru na Enlightenment har zuwa yau.
