the collection | presentation

The Franz Mayer museum collection consist of works of decorative art as well as sculpture and painting from Mexico, Europe and Asia dating from the 16 th to the 19 th century.

Other genders that complement the collection are ironwork, featherwork, lacquerwork, tortoiseshell, ivory, patents of nobility, print, glasswork and enamels.
Decorative art is an expression of the culture that produced it and inform us of a period's styles, fashions, changes in ornamentation, manufacturing processes and the artisans that took part in its creation.