Wallpaper Melbourne, Historic Types of Wallpaper

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If you look in any trendy cafe in Melbourne neighbourhoods such as Fitzroy or Richmond, you will see that wallpaper Melbourne has made a major comeback in recent years. This can be offset with bright hues of paint for a modern, exciting, and fresh look in interior decoration. However, before you reach for a swatch of wallpaper for your own home or office, it's helpful to take a look back at the history of wallpaper. This is because the history of these patterns has influenced many of today's trendiest designs. Wallpaper has been around for thousands of years, with the first designs dating back to use in early China. The use of wallpaper as we know it today really started in Britain and France, with the middle class trying to emulate the decorations of palaces. Louis XI of France was known for taking portable wallpaper with him so that he could produce the same decorations in each castle that he lived in. These regal patterns were then copied by the lower classes, and can be seen in similar designs of wallpaper Melbourne today. The wallpaper in those days was pasted on the walls, as it is today in many cases, and was a good way to keep warmth in the home as well as serving as decoration.

With the invention of the printing press, wallpaper started to gain in popularity, because mass printings of popular patterns were available. The first wallpaper design with a continuous pattern was invented by Jean-Michel Papillon in 1675, so that the design could be repeated from one sheet to the next as it is in wallpaper Melbourne today. Silk screening was eventually added to the production process, and wallpaper became more and more popular in areas such as the United States as well as Australia, in addition to European designs.

During the Victorian era, wallpaper reached its peak of popularity, and was the standard in most homes. This includes wallpaper Melbourne, as some remnants of these designs remain today. With the latest technical innovations, you have all the delicacy of these old fashioned designs, but the paste and other hanging techniques have been refined so it's now easier to put in wallpaper on your own. You simply need to order a design online or in a shop, and then can place it in your home or on a single wall for an instantly elegant decorative scheme.