Wallpaper in residential interior

Wallpaper is decorated paper or special fabrics for walls. Paper wallpaper appeared in Europe at the end of XVcentury. Since the beginning of XIX century paper wallpaper has been widely used. In Russia paper wallpaper first appeared at the first half of XIX century, but first wallpaper appeared at the beginning Classicism period. By the end of XVIII century paper wallpaper had been used in decorating interiors all over Russia - the capital fashion had reached the periphery. At the beginning of XIX century wallpaper was out of fashion and it was used in the periphery only. But it became fashionable again during late Empire style period in the 1820-1830 s. In XIX century wallpaper production industry reached European level. Wallpaper has long been the most spread material for decorating walls in houses of common people. In the middle of XX century washable and soundproof wallpapers appeared. Nowadays paper wallpaper is the most widely used.