Timeline
The life and career of Victorian Wallpaper, 1780–1920
Louis-Nicolas Robert patents a machine for making paper in continuous rolls, a precondition for later roll-printed wallpaper
Zuber & Cie of Rixheim introduces the scenic panorama Vues d'Amerique du Nord
Potters & Ross of Darwen, Lancashire, patent a roller printing machine for wallpaper, per the Victoria and Albert Museum
A. W. N. Pugin publishes True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture, criticising ornament that imitates relief on flat surfaces
The Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London puts industrial design before millions of visitors and fuels the design-reform debate
Owen Jones publishes The Grammar of Ornament, a worldwide survey of ornament that becomes a standard source for pattern designers
William Morris founds Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., the firm that would later issue his wallpapers
Morris's first wallpapers, including Trellis and Daisy, are registered and printed by Jeffrey & Co.
Christopher Dresser publishes Principles of Decorative Design, a manual for the reform of pattern
The firm is reorganised under Morris's sole control as Morris & Co.; Arthur Lasenby Liberty also opens his London shop, an outlet for Japanese goods
Frederick Walton's Lincrusta, a relief wall covering, is introduced in Britain
Anaglypta, an embossed paper wall covering, is introduced as a rival to Lincrusta; Morris designs Willow Bough
William Morris dies; Morris & Co. continues to produce his wallpapers