Interior Materials in Housing

  • the start of flooring

    the start of flooring
    INTRODUCING SMOOTH-SURFACED FLOORING
    In 1863, an inventor named Fredrick Walton of Great Britain patented a process of making linoleum (often abbreviated to lino). Based upon the Latin Linum, flax or linseed, and oleum oil, it’s the first widely used smooth-surfaced floor covering.