wallpaper history
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WALLPAPERWALLPAPERHistory
400 B.C.400 B.C.• Earliest form of paper was introduced by the
Egyptians. (papyrus)
200 B.C.200 B.C.• The first wallpaper appeared in ancient China,
because they glued rice paper onto their walls
105 A.D.105 A.D.• The Chinese started making paper from textile
waste, i.e. from rags.• This was the birth of paper as we know it today.
88thth Century Century• Several Chinese prisoners, with papermaking
skills, worked under Arabs, and taught them how to manufacture paper
• The Arabs then spread this knowledge throughout the Middle East
1010thth Century Century• Arabians were substituting linen fibres for wood &
bamboo. Creating a finer sheet of paper• Paper now reached a much higher quality level
1212thth Century Century
• Papermaking spreads throughout Europe
14181418• The earliest European block prints were religious
souvenirs, known as “Helgen”• This type of printing may also have been used by the Chinese, as early as the 5th Century
14811481• King Louis XI of France has 50 rolls of paper
painted by an artist• Other rich Europeans commissioned artists to
paint for their walls• Real wallpaper can hardly be said to exist until
the advent of the printing press
15091509• Earliest known fragment of wallpaper was found
on beams in the Lodge of Christ’s College, Cambridge (dated 1509)
• It is an Italian design, printed on the back of a proclamation by Henry VIII
• It is attributed to Hugo Goes, a printer from York
15991599• A guild of paperhangers is established in France
16751675• Jean-Michel Papillon, a French engraver &
considered to be the inventor of wallpaper, starts making block designs in matching, continuous patterns.
• Wallpaper as we know it is on its way
16801680• Oldest example of Flock wallpaper comes from
Worcester & is created in approximately 1680
1818thth Century Century• English develop manufacturing methods• Fashion conscious Londoners order expensive,
hand made papers• Papers include, flock papers, marble & stucco
effects & borders
17391739• Wallpaper becomes popular in America• Plunket Fleeson begins printing wallpaper in
Philadelphia
17781778• King Louis XVI issues a decree that requires the
length of wallpaper to be about 34 feet
17811781• After American revolution, they set up workshops
of their own• Wallpaper becomes fashionable• Designs range from rambling roses to patriotic
images
17851785• The French invent the first machine for printing
wallpaper• Also invent a way to make an endless roll of
wallpaper
17981798• Lithography is invented in Germany, by Alois
Senefelder• This is a method using a plate or stone which has
a completely smooth surface
18001800• French scenic
papers printed with hand carved blocks, some taking as many as 5,000 blocks to produce, become popular
18391839• English invent a four colour surface printing
machine• Designs are on hand cut cylinders that can print
400 rolls per day• It was invented by Charles Potter from Darwen in
Lancashire