SPECTRUM
Spectrum: Heritage Patterns and Colours is an awe-inspiring book written by
freelance journalist and author, Ros Byam Shaw. Shaw writes about design and
interiors for The World of Interiors and House & Garden. She has also authored
the Farrow & Ball Living with Colour and Farrow & Ball Decorating with Co-
lour books as well as numerous other books on historic houses and interiors.
In Spectrum: Heritage Patterns and Colours, Ros Byam Shaw analyses each co-
lour palette, from the fifteenth century onward. The interior design specialist
has explored and analysed each wallpaper and fabric carefully selected by Here
Design from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection, a museum founded in
1852 in London to support and encourage excellence in art and design.
Heritage Patterns and Colours