On 5 May 1789 the Estates-General convened in a temporary hall in the Hôtel des Menus Plaisirs courtyard at Versailles, under 1614 etiquette.

On 5 May 1789, amidst general festivities, the Estates General convened in an elaborate but temporary Île des États set up in one of the courtyards of the official Hôtel des Menus Plaisirs in Versailles near the royal château. With the étiquette of 1614 strictly enforced, the clergy and nobility ranged in tiered seating in full regalia, while the deputies of the Third Estate were physically placed at the far end, as protocol dictated. An 1839 painting by Auguste Couder depicts this inauguration.

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