Wallpaper Origin 2

  In 105 AD, Chinese court official Cai Lun invented papermaking with textile waste such as rags. This is the birth of paper we know today.

  

  At some point in the 8th century AD, several Chinese prisoners who mastered papermaking were working under the Arabs, and papermaking technology gradually spread throughout the Middle East.

  

  By the 10th century AD, Arabs replaced wood and bamboo with flax fibers to create better quality paper. However, the quality of paper has now reached a higher level.

  

  During the 12th century AD, papermaking spread throughout Europe.

  

  The earliest European woodblock prints were religious souvenirs, now known as "helgen". The well-known and oldest portrait of the Virgin goes back to 1418 and is now housed in the Royal Library in Brussels. China used this printing method as early as the 5th century.

  

  In 1481, Jean Bourdichon painted 50 volumes of paintings for King Louis XI of France. The picture was an angel on a blue background. Later Louis King customized this portable wallpaper because he found it necessary to move frequently between castles. Other rich people in Europe followed suit and commissioned painters to draw wallpapers for their walls, but the real wallpaper could not be called until the press appeared.