Introduction The Decorative Arts Museum is complementary to the Textile Museum as it displays ancient textiles as a decoration of an eighteenth century private residence. The silks shown were woven by well-known silk merchants : Tassinari and Chatel, Prelle and Quenin – Lelièvre. The Museum is witness to the craftsmanship of textile weavers in Lyons and the near by region. It is one of the few museums in France to show , in an eighteenth century setting, one of the richest collection of decorative objects. You get acquainted with the names of the most famous Parisian cabinet makers (Oeben, Riesener, Roussel) along with provincial master joiners (Hache, Canot, Nogaret) You will also find paintings by Pillement, Boucher and Raoux. Though this museum conveys a typical eighteenth century atmosphere, it also highlights fine collections of fifteenth and sixteenth centuries Italian Majolica, Middle Ages and Renaissance tapestries and a collection of clocks. The museum also welcomes contemporary creations and displays silverwares, from the sixties to the present day.