Wallpaper, once the favorite daughter of interior design, is now more like the ugly stepchild. The late 20th century took a toll on the decorating medium that has roots in the early 1700s, bringing far too much paisley and visions of mustard yellow to the dens and foyers of homes past. Sure, modern iterations of the form have attempted to bring wallpaper back into fashion. But for the most part, we paint and we stencil, so the practice of pasting paper onto our kitchen and dining room walls has appropriately faded into design history.
Thankfully, there’s a museum that cares about the untended wall art of yesteryear.
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h/t Hyperallergic