At the time the house was constructed, the heavy bronze doors which grace the foyer (and a similar pair which open from the Library to the porte-cochere) cost $14,000. The original imported rug was designed to match the elaborately molded plastered ceiling. The fretwork panels in the stairwells serve as echo chambers for the four keyboard Kimball organ in the Music Room. Slipcovers, which the owner never removed, hid the Italian velvet draperies (this is true for all the draperies in the mansion). The massive bronze chandelier, which was designed in Europe, was made in three separate sections. The wall panels, representative of mythology, are hand painted.
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Steps lead from the Music Room to the Library. There were 7,000 volumes here before they were removed by Mrs. Yount when she moved away from Spindletop Hall. The present volumes are gifts to The Club at UK's Spindletop Hall from members. The grey stone Tudor mantel was removed from Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, England. The bronze doors open onto the porte-cochere. An oriental Persian rug, reported to have cost over $40,000, originally lay over the hardwood floor. The steps, too, were formerly covered in matching carpet. The stairs on the right of the mantel lead to the Elizabethan Living Room (Oak Room).
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This was formerly Mrs. Yount's living room. The walls are hand carved oak. The plastered ceiling is a reproduction of an Elizabethan Room in an English country home. The room is 30 x 60 feet and originally had a green wall-to-wall seamless carpet woven in Scotland. A carpet of this width was not woven in America at that time. The massive chandelier and sconces are solid bronze. Hanging on the north wall is a Flemish Renaissance Tapestry of the sixteenth century titled "Alexander's Conquerors. Etched in the mantel are the words "East, West, Home's Best".
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