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Wallpaper is a kind of material used to cover and decorate the interior walls of homes,
offices, and other buildings; it is one aspect of interior decoration. It is usually sold inrolls and is put onto a wall using wallpaper paste. Wallpapers can come plain (so that it
can be painted), textured (such as Anaglypta), or with patterned graphics.
Wallpaper printing techniques include surface printing, gravure printing, silk screen-
printing, rotary printing, and digital printing.[1] Mathematically speaking, there are
seventeen basic patterns, described as wallpaper groups, that can be used to tile an
infinite plane. All manufactured wallpaper patterns are based on these groups. A singlepattern can be issued in several different colorways.
Wallpaper, using the printmaking technique of woodcut, gained popularity inRenaissance Europe amongst the emerging gentry. The elite of society were accustomed
to hanging large tapestries on the walls of their homes, a tradition from the Middle Ages.
These tapestries added color to the room as well as providing an insulating layer betweenthe stone walls and the room, thus retaining heat in the room. However, tapestries were
extremely expensive and so only the very rich could afford them. Less well-off members
of the elite, unable to buy tapestries due either to prices or wars preventing international
trade, turned to wallpaper to brighten up their rooms.
Early wallpaper featured scenes similar to those depicted on tapestries, and large sheets
of the paper were sometimes hung loose on the walls, in the style of tapestries, andsometimes pasted as today. Prints were very often pasted to walls, instead of being
framed and hung, and the largest sizes of prints, which came in several sheets, were
probably mainly intended to be pasted to walls. Some important artists made such pieces,notably Albrecht Drer, who worked on both large picture prints and also ornament prints
intended for wall-hanging. The largest picture print was The Triumphal Arch
commissioned by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and completed in 1515. Thismeasured a colossal 3.57 by 2.95 metres, made up of 192 sheets, and was printed in a
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first edition of 700 copies, intended to be hung in palaces and, in particular, town halls,
after hand-coloring.
Very few samples of the earliest repeating pattern wallpapers survive, but there are a
large number of old master prints, often in engraving of repeating or repeatable
decorative patterns. These are called ornament prints and were intended as models forwallpaper makers, among other uses.
England and France were leaders in European wallpaper manufacturing. Among theearliest known samples is one found on a wall from England and is printed on the back of
a London proclamation of 1509. It became very popular in England following Henry
VIII's excommunication from the Catholic Church - English aristocrats had always
imported tapestries from Flanders and Arras, but Henry VIII's split with the CatholicChurch had resulted in a fall in trade with Europe. Without any tapestry manufacturers in
England, English gentry and aristocracy alike turned to wallpaper.
During the Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell, the manufacture of wallpaper, seen as afrivolous item by the Puritan government, was halted. Following the Restoration of
Charles II, wealthy people across England began demanding wallpaper again -Cromwell's regime had imposed a boring culture on people, and following his death,
wealthy people began purchasing comfortable domestic items which had been banned
under the Puritan state. In 1712, during the reign of Queen Anne, a wallpaper tax was
introduced which was not abolished until 1836. By the mid-eighteenth century, Britainwas the leading wallpaper manufacturer in Europe, exporting vast quantities to Europe in
addition to selling on the middle-class British market. However this trade was seriously
disrupted in 1755 by the Seven Years War and later the Napoleonic Wars, and by a heavylevel of duty on imports to France.
In 1748 the English ambassador to Paris decorated his salon with blue flock wallpaper,which then became very fashionable there. In the 1760s the French manufacturer Jean-
Baptiste Rveillon hired designers working in silk and tapestry to produce some of the
most subtle and luxurious wallpaper ever made. His sky blue wallpaper with fleurs-de-lyswas used in 1783 on the first balloons by the Montgolfier brothers. The landscape painter
Jean-Baptiste Pillement discovered in 1763 a method to use fast colours. Towards the end
of the century the fashion for scenic wallpaper revived in both England and France,
leading to some enormous panoramas, like the 1804 20 strip wide Panorama, designed bythe artist Jean-Gabriel Charvet for the French Manufacture Joseph Dufour et Cie showing
the Voyages of Captain Cook. One of this famous so called "papier peint" wallpaper is
still in situ in Ham House, Peabody Massachusetts. Beside Joseph Dufour et Cie otherFrench manufacturers of panoramic scenic and trompe l'il wallpapers, Zuber et Cie and
Arthur et Robert exported their product across Europe and North America. Zuber et Cie's
c. 1834 design Views of North America is installed in the Diplomatic Reception Room ofthe White House. Like most of eighteenth century wallpapers, this was designed to be
hung above a dado.
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Hand-blocking wallpapers like these are manufactured by using a centuries old method in
which wallpaper is hand-printed from hand-carved blocks on paper. Hand-blocked
wallpaper depicted scenes include, panoramic views of antique architecture, exoticlandscapes and pastoral subjects, as well as repeating patterns of stylized flowers, people
and animals. The 1797 founded French company Zuber et Cie in Rixheim, France is the
only company in the world which still manufactures woodblocked wallpaper.
In 1785 Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf had invented the first machine for printing
coloured tints on sheets of wallpaper. In 1799 Louis-Nicolas Robert patented a machineto produce continuous lengths of paper, the forerunner of the Fourdrinier machine. This
ability to produce continuous lengths of wallpaper now offered the prospect of novel
designs and nice tints being widely displayed in drawing rooms across Europe.[2]
During the Napoleonic Wars , trade between Europe and Britain evaporated, resulting in
the gradual decline of the wallpaper industry in Britain. However, the end of the war saw
a massive demand in Europe for British goods which had been inaccessible during the
wars, including cheap, colourful wallpaper. The development of steam-powered printingpresses in Britain in 1813 allowed manufacturers to mass-produce wallpaper, reducing its
price and so making it affordable to working-class people. Wallpaper enjoyed a hugeboom in popularity in the nineteenth century, seen as a cheap and very effective way of
brightening up cramped and dark rooms in working-class areas. By the early twentieth
century, wallpaper had established itself as one of the most popular household items
across the Western world. During the late 1980s though, wallpaper began to fall out offashion in lieu of Faux Painting which can be more easily removed by simply re-painting.
Types and sizes
Modern wallcoverings are diverse.[3] Two of the most common factory trimmed sizes of
wallpaper are referred to as "American" and "European" rolled goods. American rolled
goods are 27 inches by 27 feet (8.2 m) in length. European rolled goods are 21.5 incheswide by 33 feet (10 m) in length. Approx. 60 square feet (5.6 m2). Most wallpaper
borders are sold by linear foot and with a wide range of widths therefore square footage is
not applicable. Although some may require trimming.
The most common wall covering for residential use and generally the most economical is
prepasted vinyl coated paper, commonly called "strippable" which can be misleading.
Cloth backed vinyl is fairly common and durable. Lighter vinyls are easier to handle andhang. Paper backed vinyls are generally more expensive, significantly more difficult to
hang, and can be found in wider untrimmed widths. Foil wallpaper generally has paper
backing and can (exceptionally) be up to 36 inches wide, and be very difficult to handleand hang. Textile wallpapers include silks, linens, grass cloths, strings, rattan, and actual
impressed leaves. There are acoustical wall carpets to reduce sound. Customized
wallcoverings are available at high prices and most often have minimum roll orders.
Solid vinyl with a cloth backing is the most common commercial wallcovering and
comes from the factory as untrimmed at 54 inches approximately, to be overlapped and
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double cut by the installer. This same type can be pre-trimmed at the factory to 27 inches
approximately.
Custom Wallpaper Printing
New digital inkjet printing technologies using ultraviolet (UV) cured inks are being usedfor custom wallpaper production. Very small runs can be made, even a single wall.
Photographs or digital art are output onto blank wallpaper material. Typical installations
are corporate lobbies, restaurants, athletic facilities, and home interiors.[4] This gives adesigner the ability to give a space the exact look and feel desired.
Use
Like paint, wallpaper requires proper surface preparation before application.Additionally, wallpaper is not suitable for all areas. For example, bathroom wallpaper
may deteriorate rapidly due to excessive steam. Proper preparation includes the repair of
any defects in the drywall or plaster and the removal of loose material or old adhesives.
Accurate room measurements (length, width, and height) along with number of windowand door openings is essential for ordering wallpaper. Large drops, or repeats, in a pattern
can be cut and hung more economically by working from alternating rolls of paper. Paperis sold (with very few exceptions) in double rolls.
Wallpaper adhesives
Main article: Wallpaper adhesive
Most wallpaper adhesive is starch or methylcellulose based.
Removal
Water
The simplest removal option is to brush the paper with water. Water soaks through the
paper and saturates the glue, allowing the paper to be peeled off.
This does not work well with non-peel able vinyl, as vinyl is not porous. Nevertheless it
is still effective on many modern papers.
A mixture of 3:1 or 1:1 Water and White Vinegar is effective at dissolving glues. If the
wallpaper is scored or sanded with a 20 grit floor sanding pad to scratch the surface
solution uptake will be more effective.Chemical wallpaper stripper
Chemical wallpaper stripper can be purchased at most paint or home improvement stores.It is mixed with warm water or a mixture of warm water and vinegar, and then sprayed
onto wall surfaces. Several applications may be required to saturate the existing
wallpaper. Perforation can aid in the absorption of the mixture and lead to faster removal.After the mixture has dissolved the wallpaper paste, the wallpaper can be removed easily
by pulling at the edges and with the aid of a putty or drywall knife.
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Another method of removal is to apply steam to wallpaper in order to dissolve the
wallpaper paste. A wallpaper steamer consists of a reservoir of water, an electric heating
element, and a hose to direct the steam at the wallpaper. The steam dissolves thewallpaper paste, allowing the wallpaper to be peeled off. However, care must be taken to
prevent damage to the drywall underneath. Sometimes steaming can lead to the
crumbling of underlying drywall or plaster, leaving an uneven surface to be repaired.