Spectrum Heritage Patterns and Colours - Heritage Patterns and Colours

A visual analysis of the colours used in furnishing fabrics and wallpapers from the 15th century to now, providing inspiration for designers. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Ros Byam Shaw, ROS BYAM SHAW
• Assisted by: Ros Byam Shaw (Introduction)
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9780500480823
• ISBN: 978-0-500-48082-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 601 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Professional interior design, Interior design, decor & style guides, Furniture Design, DESIGN / Interior Decorating, c 1500 onwards to present day, Fashion & textiles: design, Interior design, decor and style guides, Architecture: interior design, Fashion and textile design, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Interior Design;Victoria and Albert Museum