Wallpaper Terms

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Adhesive Stains

Question 2

Floral foliage or scroll patterns covering the entire paper.

Answer 2

Allovers

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Applique

Question 4

The appearance of one color to another.

Answer 4

Bleeding

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Blisters or Bubbles

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Color Run

Question 7

Designs that commemorate a historical event.

Answer 7

Commemorative

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Companion Paper

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Documentary

Question 10

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.

Answer 10

Double-cut Wallpaper Seam

Question 11

A printing surface is made of rubber cut in relief.

Answer 11

Flexography

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Flocks

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Foils

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Gaufranes

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Gilding

Question 16

Another term for gilding.

Answer 16

Silvering

Question 17

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

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Ground

Question 18

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

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Hand-blocked

Question 19

Produced by hand-screening.

Answer 19

Handprints

Question 20

The trade name designating imported Chinese painted papers.

Answer 20

India

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Lincrusta

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Lusters

Question 23

Any kind of wall painting printed on paper.

Answer 23

Murals

Question 24

Process of putting together the wallpaper design.

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Matching

Question 25

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

Question 26

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

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Overstretch

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Panoramas

Question 28

A process of photographic separation using copper or steel cylinders.

Answer 28

Photogravure

Question 29

An enlarged photograph used as a mural on the wall.

Answer 29

Photomurals

Question 30

A pictorial design continuing over several strips of paper.

Answer 30

Scenic

Question 31

Produced by silk screen process.

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Screen Print

Question 32

Having scenes spaced at intervals.

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Semi-scenic

Question 33

Containing 36 square feet of surface after trimming.

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Single Roll

Question 34

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

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Starch Paste

Question 35

Sealer used to prepare the wall before paper is applied.

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Size

Question 36

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

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Vinyls

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Wallpaper Half-drop Match

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Wallpaper Pattern Match

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Wallpaper Random Match

Question 40

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

Answer 40

Wallpaper Straight Match