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Spectrum (Victoria and Albert Museum): Heritage Patterns and Colours (Hardcover, 2018)

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Spectrum offers a fascinating visual analysis of the colour palettes used in furnishing fabrics and wallpapers from the 15 th century to the present day. Each textile or wallpaper is reproduced alongside a simple proportional grid, giving a clear understanding of the ways colours have been expertly combined at different periods to create the beautiful designs we admire and emulate today. This unique sourcebook will provide inspiration for all designers, both amateur and professional. With 117 illustrations

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This simply structured and highly original book analyses the palettes that have been used by designers in the creation of furnishing fabrics and wallpapers from the 15th century to the present. The colours used in each pattern are presented in a simple proportional grid, giving a clear understanding of hues that have been expertly combined at different periods to create the designs we continue to admire and emulate. Spectrum opens with a brief introduction by interior design expert Ros Byam Shaw, exploring the history of colour as used in interiors. The fabrics and wallpapers that follow are arranged chronologically. Each is reproduced on its own double-page spread, and is accompanied by a brief narrative-style caption that provides information about each fabric or wallpaper and its significance in the context of interior design. Unique in such a book are the colour grids shown beside each pattern, in which the colours in the original piece are shown in proportion to their use, and with their CMYK references to enable designers to replicate these colours in their own work.