Show THE PAPERING OF WALLS ancient chin bithon of dort iiorio IIo uio wall papers were little used in europe before the eighteenth century hoah they had been long before that applied to house decoration by the chi acao those that were first manufactured in the west were adaptations of leaiga from italian brocaded brocades bro cades and at arst they were used in an cible manner just as hani inga of the outlier oot lier material were employed lamely 10 fill spaces between obvious structural lines and eo applied no objection could be mado to their use on ic contrary the invention brought it the means of algoet every householder to fill blank wall with agreeable tracery and harmonious the cornice frieze and dado remained intact coryna protected with holding or plaster work and the innate feel eliat lie was living in a milt room and not in a bandbox but ra dually tho wall features disappeared paper crept over everything ax ept window and door openings even nto alie very angles of tho walls and b ia nothing uncommon now on anter ny a baloon of pretension prete naion ind proportions to find the walls cleao y covered with paper from floor to belling cel ling baic a narrow beard to protect the plaster from the housemaids house maids broom and u cornice to a allf |