Wallpaper Terms Flashcards

1
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Stains that appear on the paper face that is caused by bad pasting methods or poor paper handling.

A

Adhesive Stains

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2
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Floral foliage or scroll patterns covering the entire paper.

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Allovers

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3
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Applied or laid on, as figure cut on paper and laid on another paper.

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Applique

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4
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The appearance of one color to another.

A

Bleeding

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5
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The paper is not flat to the substrate and has pockets of air trapped behind.

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Blisters or Bubbles

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6
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Amount of rolls produced by a single color combination at one time.

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Color Run

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7
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Designs that commemorate a historical event.

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Commemorative

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8
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A set of design or papers to be used together in the same or adjacent areas.

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Companion Paper

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9
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A design based on a document, and old paper or fabric dating from an earlier century.

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Documentary

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10
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Installation technique where two strips of paper are overlapped, while the cut is made through the center of the overlapped seam and excess paper is removed.

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Double-cut Wallpaper Seam

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11
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A printing surface is made of rubber cut in relief.

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Flexography

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12
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Finely powdered silk, wool or other fibers glued onto paper.

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Flocks

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13
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A thin sheet of flexible metal on paper, transparent or opaque in color which can be printed.

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Foils

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14
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Paper printed from copper plates, leaving the design slightly impressed.

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Gaufranes

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15
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Achieved by printing an adhesive to the areas where to apply a metal dust.

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Gilding

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16
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Another term for gilding.

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Silvering

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17
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Raw stock in which a coat of pigment is applied before the top colors are put on.

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Ground

18
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A process of printing with blocks in which a separate block is need for each color.

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Hand-blocked

19
Q

Produced by hand-screening.

A

Handprints

20
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The trade name designating imported Chinese painted papers.

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India

21
Q

Widely used for imitating Spanish leather, ceramic tile and paneling.

A

Lincrusta

22
Q

Powdered over with ground up paints, or having a thin metallic glaze.

A

Lusters

23
Q

Any kind of wall painting printed on paper.

A

Murals

24
Q

Process of putting together the wallpaper design.

A

Matching

25
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Where one length of wallpaper encroaches on the next. Caused by poor workmanship, insufficient soaking or missing patches while pasting.

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Overlapping

26
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Where the paper is poorly matched, creased, polished or embossed papers become flat. This is caused by bad paper handling and over brushing.

A

Overstretch

27
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A series of papers with a comprehensive presentation of a subject or area in every direction.

A

Panoramas

28
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A process of photographic separation using copper or steel cylinders.

A

Photogravure

29
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An enlarged photograph used as a mural on the wall.

A

Photomurals

30
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A pictorial design continuing over several strips of paper.

A

Scenic

31
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Produced by silk screen process.

A

Screen Print

32
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Having scenes spaced at intervals.

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Semi-scenic

33
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Containing 36 square feet of surface after trimming.

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Single Roll

34
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Made from maize, corn, potato or wheat, powdered and made paste by adding water.

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Starch Paste

35
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Sealer used to prepare the wall before paper is applied.

A

Size

36
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Paper fused or coated with vinyl plastic, rendering it impervious to steam and damp.

A

Vinyls

37
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A wallpaper repeat where design elements run diagonally between one point identical on the wallpaper roll.

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Wallpaper Half-drop Match

38
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A wallpaper repeat refers to the vertical distance between one point to another identical point on the wallpaper roll.

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Wallpaper Pattern Match

39
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A wallpaper pattern will match from roll to roll regardless of how its positioned on the wall.

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Wallpaper Random Match

40
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The wallpaper design will match at the same position on each strip of the wallpaper.

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Wallpaper Straight Match