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Decoration so committed to staying that removing it becomes a divorce proceeding.
means Decorative paper applied to interior walls, or by extension the static background image on a screen.
from From wall plus paper, naturally, but the trick was the paper: 18th-century printers found cheap pulp could mimic the tapestries and silk hangings only the rich could afford, democratizing the look of luxury.
Royal taxBritain taxed printed wallpaper from 1712 to 1836.
Killer greenArsenic Victorian wallpaper poisoned rooms with toxic fumes.
Screen leapDigital wallpaper kept the name, dropped the glue.