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The Music Room reflects an important interest of Ima Hogg, who was an accomplished pianist as well as a founder of the Houston Symphony. The room’s centerpiece is the exquisite Square Piano by Gibson & Davis.
Scenic wallpapers were popular with wealthy Americans in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Installed in 1993, the example that covers the Music Room’s walls features a French reproduction of an 1806 design called Hindustan, which signals the contemporary Western interest in the exotic.
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Unknown American
c. 1805–1820
Mahogany, birch, and unidentified inlay; birch and soft maple
B.57.70.1
Unknown American
c. 1805–1820
Mahogany, birch, and unidentified inlay; birch and soft maple
B.57.70.2
Unknown English
c. 1815–1830
Lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) with transfer print and overglaze enamel
B.63.108.4.1
Ralph Wood, Jr.
c. 1782–1795
Lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) with overglaze enamel
B.69.70
Unknown American
c. 1815–1825
Soft maple and painted soft maple
B.67.27.4
Unknown American
c. 1815–1825
Soft maple and painted soft maple
B.67.27.3
Unknown American
c. 1810–1820
Mahogany and mahogany veneer; yellow-poplar, eastern white pine, cherry, and original brass casters
B.69.391
Unknown Chinese
c. 1800–1810
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
B.2011.5.10
Gibson & Davis
c. 1810–1815
Painted and gilded mahogany, mahogany veneer, satinwood, soft maple, and holly; yellow-poplar, holly, beech, basswood, cherry, soft maple, eastern white pine, hemlock, mahogany, and ash
B.57.4
Unknown Chinese
c. 1800–1810
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
B.2011.5.50
Unknown English
c. 1815–1830
Lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) with transfer print and overglaze enamel
B.63.108.3.2