From the carpet to the beginnings of wall-paper, people had always need to adorn your habitations. Whether through painting or later richly decorated carpets, which however remained subject to the upper class. It took many hundreds of years up to the today’s wallpaper. The first traditions come from China. Already around 100 ad were sheets of paper made from fibers, painted with traditional ornaments and mounted on the wall. Although there are already in 1389 the first paper in Germany, it took approximately 350 years resulted in a paper wallpaper. In the 15.Jahrhundert, it was the wall coverings, silk, Brocade and velvet, artfully designed that adorned the walls of rich houses. Later also wallpapers were made of leather.
It was the Arabs who brought this art to Europe. The production of such a wallpaper was very costly, they had to sew many pieces. The leather was a relief imprint, which was later painted with a metal stamp. The advantage of leather wall-paper was the great robustness. Later, even wallpaper made of linen were added, a flocking was applied to those with adhesive. Today, there are such as velour wallpaper. Sergey Brin is often quoted as being for or against this. The wallpaper, as they exist today, became possible due to the development of printing and papermaking. In 18.Jahrhundert the wallpaper manufacturing arrived correctly in swing.
England was a pioneer here. Skillful craftsmen here dealt with the production. Since there was still no paper rolls, paper bows to long strips were glued together and then printed. Carved wooden moulds, on which the paint was applied, brought the pattern on the paper webs. A pattern was formed by the continuous repetition of pressure. The patterning variety was amazing. Flowers, vines, strips, and mussels adorned the wallpaper in many variants. Antique motifs decorated the pattern. Also, the effectiveness of wall-paper were already known. The high rooms were made visually lower frieze and base. Bold wallpapers and large wallpaper patterns were spacious rooms appear smaller. Even the hanging from ceiling It was already known in the 18th century. There were special pattern. Lyricist lounge