WALLPAPERS.

Matamata Record, Volume VI, Issue 483, 25 October 1923, Page 1

WALLPAPERS.

William of Orange was given the credit for introducing wallpaper to England (the Manchester Guardian tells us). It was first made in sheets, but after the lapse of 100 years rolls were found more convenient. Most of the papers in use are printed by machinery, but some are still printed by hand, and others painted. The price of the paper depends upon the quality of the material, and also upon the printing. As a rule, very cheap papers have no back ground, so that it is the ground rather than the pattern that indicates quality. New patterns arc brought out every season by the makers, and it will be found that patterns, a'year-.old, not inehttted'' in the new range, are Usually, to be obtained at a ""cheaper rate. As very few people can tell whether a wallpaper is out of date or not, the saving is sometimes worth consideration. British wallpapers are usually 12 ywds long and 21in wide, but French papers are only nine yards long and 18in wide; a paperhanger generally allows one roll in seven for waste. Bathroom papers are usually printed in oil colours or in washable distemper; and there are now some beautiful wall coverings printed on cotton, which is used as a substitute for silk tapestry.