Farrow & Ball

Farrow & Ball are a British manufacturer of paints and wallpapers largely based upon historic colour palettes and archives. Their colour names, such as Elephant's Breath, have become talking points[8] in themselves.

Farrow & Ball Limited
FormerlyFarrow & Ball (Southern) Limited[1]
TypePrivate limited company
Founded
Founders
Headquarters
Wimborne, Dorset
,
United Kingdom
Number of locations
  • 45 company-operated stores[2]
  • 1,491 third-party stockist locations[2]
 (29 March 2020)
Products
£16,030,000[5] (2019/2020)
Total assets£95,295,000[5] (29 March 2020)
OwnerAres Corporate Opportunities Fund IV, L.P.[6]
Number of employees
550[7] (2019/2020)
ParentAres FB Holdings (Luxembourg) S.á.r.l.[6]
Websitefarrow-ball.com
Farrow & Ball paint

History

The company was started by John Farrow and Richard Maurice Ball in 1946[9] in Wimborne Minster, Dorset.[10] They have worked with the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty of the UK,[11] in formulating near to exact matches for the restoration of historic building interiors and exteriors. Today they maintain an updated colour card of 132 colours. Farrow & Ball also produce wallpaper patterns made using traditional block, trough and roller methods and made using Farrow & Ball paint. Since 2014, the company has been owned by Ares Management.

Showrooms and stockists

The company has 63 showrooms across the UK, US, Canada & Europe as well as a global network of stockists carrying both paint and wallpaper.

Books

Farrow & Ball has produced several books; the British National Bibliography contains the following records:

  • Paint and Colour in Decoration (2003)[12][13]
  • Farrow & Ball The Art of Colour (2007)[14][15]
  • Farrow & Ball Living with Colour (2010)[16][17]
  • Farrow & Ball Decorating with Colour (2013)[18]
  • Farrow & Ball How to Decorate (2016)[19]
  • Farrow & Ball Recipes for Decorating (2019)[20]

Farrow & Ball has been lampooned in the U.S. for its expense and preparation requirements on NBC's Saturday Night Live.[21]

Notes
  1. "Farrow & Ball Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  2. "Farrow & Ball Report and financial statements for the 52 week period ended 29 March 2020" (PDF). Companies House. 30 July 2020. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  3. "Certificate of Incorporation for Farrow & Ball (Southern) Limited" (PDF). Companies House. 18 January 1971. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  4. "Our History". Farrow & Ball. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  5. "Farrow & Ball Report and financial statements for the 52 week period ended 29 March 2020" (PDF). Companies House. 30 July 2020. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  6. "Farrow & Ball Report and financial statements for the 52 week period ended 29 March 2020" (PDF). Companies House. 30 July 2020. p. 26. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  7. "Farrow & Ball Report and financial statements for the 52 week period ended 29 March 2020" (PDF). Companies House. 30 July 2020. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  8. http://karenhaller.co.uk/blog/branding-colour-how-paint-companies-personalities-shines-through-their-paint-colour-names/
  9. Expedite, BT. "Our History | Farrow & Ball". www.farrow-ball.com. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  10. "Farrow & Ball Traditional Papers & Paint - Wimborne White". Farrow & Ball. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  11. https://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/home/la-hm-wallpaper14apr14,1,3351908.story?coll=la-home-printedition
  12. Friedman, Joseph. Paint and Color in Decoration. Rizzoli New York: 2003. ISBN 0-8478-2593-0.
  13. "Paint and colour in decoration / Farrow & Ball". British Library. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  14. Coleman, Brian D. Farrow & Ball The Art of Colour. Gibbs Smith Layton, Utah: 2007. ISBN 978-1-4236-0010-7
  15. "Farrow and Ball: the Art of Color / Brian Coleman; photographs by Edward Addeo". British Library. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  16. Byam Shaw, Ros. Living with Colour. Ryland Peters & Small New York/London: 2010. ISBN 978-1-84975-038-7
  17. "Farrow & Ball Living with Colour / Ros Byam Shaw; photography by Jan Baldwin". British Library. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  18. "Farrow&Ball® decorating with colour / Ros Byam Shaw; photography by Jan Baldwin". British Library. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  19. "Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper / Joa Studholme, Charlotte Cosby". British Library. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  20. "Farrow & Ball recipes for decorating / Joa Studholme". British Library. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  21. "New Paint". National Broadcasting Corporation. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

References

Friedman, Joseph. Paint and Color in Decoration. Rizzoli New York: 2003. ISBN 0-8478-2593-0.

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