The Franz Mayer Museum, in Mexico City opened in 1986 to house, display and maintain Latin America’s largest collection of decorative arts. The collection was amassed by stockbroker and financial professional Franz Mayer, who collected fine artworks, books, furniture, ceramics, textiles and many other types of decorative items over fifty years of his life. A large portion comes from Europe and Asia but most comes from Mexico itself with items dating from the 15th to the 20th centuries. Many pieces in the collection are fine handcrafts, such as textiles and Talavera pottery, and they are important because they are items that often did not survive because most did not consider them worth preserving.
Courtyard of the Franz Mayer Museum (on right) and one of the entrances of the Parish of La Santa Vera Cruz de San Juan de Dios Church.
Entrance to the Franz Mayer museum in Mexico City
Entrance to the Franz Mayer museum in Mexico City
Church Portal next to the entrance of the Museo Franz Mayer
Talavera pottery is a Mexican and Spanish pottery tradition from Talavera de la Reina, in Spain. In 2019, it was included in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Jars in the window of workshop "Taller Armando".
Uriarte Talavera workshop in Puebla
The Casa de los Azulejos in Mexico City
Detail of the Talavera mosaic used to decorate a fountain at the Chautla Hacienda in San Salvador el Verde, Puebla.