Show wall paper in the olden days of the feudal lords lorda the walls of their castles were hung with rich embroideries and handsomely woven tapestries these served a double purposes to decorate the walls and to make the huge drafty rooms less cold and bleak for many centuries walls were decora decorated teI only with hangings hannings hang ings until finally some clever person thought of imitating these hang ings in heavy paper and 0 of using this paper for wall decorations tills this was a very successful idea and in 1790 a wall paper factory was established la in the united states the first wall papers were quite expensive but they were also very durable after a great deal of experimenting there were developed cheaper types of wall paper and since the beginning of the nineteenth century paper has been in general use for decoration of walls la in many countries of the civilized world |