Arts and Antiques with Dr. Lori
Hunting for Vintage Wallpapers
By the 1900s, over 400-million wallpapers were being sold worldwide, some of which command high prices on the antiques market.
With today’s interest in vintage interior design concepts, wallpaper featuring old style imagery is making a huge comeback. Wallpaper has developed as a decorative art form which is easily changed as the styles change. Many of us are interested in sprucing up the place around the holidays so installing new or even old wallpaper can be a fun redecorating project. Dating as far back as the early days of decorative papyrus papermaking in ancient Egypt, wallpaper as we know it has evolved over time. The Chinese first glued rice paper to walls around 200 BC. By the 12th century AD, wallpaper had spread throughout Europe. Some believe that wallpaper’s imitative character — trying to look like something it is not such as a fine textile like …
Gerry Dungan
12:44 pm on Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Hi Satyamagg, glad you liked Dr. Lori's wallpaper photo! - I grew up in a house that didn't have wallpaper, but one room did have faux-brick panels, which I think were popular in the 70s. more ›