Those looks might strike you dead, but in the Victorian period, wallpaper could–and did–kill. In one sense, it wasn’t that unusual, writes Haniya Rae for The Atlantic.

Morris didn’t just have his identity as an artist linked to the wallpaper industry and its arsenic pigments, which allowed for the mass production of newly vibrant and durable colors; his wealth ...

The earliest surviving fragment of European wallpaper, found in Christ's College Cambridge, dates from 1509. It was made by Hugo Goes of York, and has a damask-style design of pomegranates derived ...

Bill Bryson’s book, “At Home,” tells of the popularity of wallpaper and the use of arsenic in producing it. Bryson notes that in the late 1890s people observed the connection between chronic illness ...

Wallpaper has seen a huge rise in popularity, and vintage styles are following suit. Expert Sarah Bilotta tells us about the historic trend that's coming back.

As she peeled off the lining paper in her stairwell, instead of finding bare plaster, she unearthed intriguing patterned wallpaper which might date back to when the house was first built in 1891.

Victorian wall paintings have been uncovered during work to revamp a 19th Century property in Lewis. Experts have described the artwork found at Lews Castle in Stornoway as an unusual example of ...