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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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c. 1815–1830
Lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) with transfer print and overglaze enamel
B.63.109
c. 1805–1820
Mahogany, birch, and unidentified inlay; birch and soft maple
B.57.70.1
c. 1815–1830
Lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) with transfer print and overglaze enamel
B.63.108.1.1
c. 1815–1830
Lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) with transfer print and overglaze enamel
B.63.108.2.1
c. 1805–1820
Mahogany, birch, and unidentified inlay; birch and soft maple
B.57.70.2
c. 1815–1830
Lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) with transfer print and overglaze enamel
B.63.108.3.1
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
c. 1810–1820
Mahogany and mahogany veneer; yellow-poplar, eastern white pine, cherry, and original brass casters
B.69.391
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
c. 1815–1830
Lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) with transfer print and overglaze enamel
B.63.108.1.2
c. 1815–1830
Lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) with transfer print and overglaze enamel
B.63.108.3.2