墙纸,又称壁纸,是一种用来装饰室内墙面的材料。它以其独特的风格和与众不同的装饰美化效果,备受人们的青睐。 墙纸的发明,可上溯到16世纪初叶。迄今所知,最早的墙纸残片,是英国1509年的制品。时至16世纪晚期,英国造纸商研制出一种手绘的彩绘墙纸,它以鲜艳的色彩为底色,上绘花鸟图案。用印花机取代手工印刷墙纸的技术,是英国波特印花公司于1839年发明的,从此墙纸产量大增,价格降低。正如1851年出版的《英国经济图书馆杂志》所说的那样:“用墙纸贴房间,跟粉刷的花费差不多,但比粉刷省时、省力,何乐而不为呢!” Wallpaper, also known as wallpaper, is a material used to decorate interior walls. Its unique style and distinctive decorative landscaping effect, much of people’s favor. The invention of wallpaper dates back to the early 16th century. So far known, the earliest wallpaper fragments, is the British 1509 products. By the late 16th century, British papermakers had developed a hand-painted painted wallpaper with vivid colors and flowers and birds. Printing technology to replace the hand-printed wallpaper printing technology, the United Kingdom Porter Printing Company invented in 1839, from wallpaper production soar, the price lower. As the British Economic Library Magazine, published in 1851, put it: "It’s about the same as painting with a wallpaper, but it’s a lot less painter than painting, and why not!