A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
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ORDER XVIII.—PAINTERS AND DECORATORS (NOT POTTERY)

595.—Paperhangers


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paper hanger
covers walls, ceilings, etc., with wallpaper, by estimating best method of application, cutting paper into proper lengths, brushing back of each length with paste, fitting over appropriate space on wall, etc., stretching, smoothing with brush and cloth, trimming top and bottom edges when necessary.

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From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016.   This text is in the Public Domain.