, the 78-year-old U.K.-based historically correct vintage paint and wallpaper company 鈥� known for its quirky tint names, such as Dead Salmon, Mole鈥檚 Breath, and Sulking Room Pink 鈥� is opening a showroom at Bethesda Row in Maryland.
The new location聽will be Farrow & Ball鈥檚 second D.C.-area showroom. There is one in Friendship Heights.
Farrow & Ball has been based in Dorset, England, since 1946.
Farrow & Ball has a following for its handcrafted wallpapers and richly pigmented paints that are based on historic color palettes. It has worked with organizations, including the National Trust, to create near-exact matches of colors for restorations of historic buildings.
The company’s paints are expensive, costing more than $100 per gallon.
Farrow & Ball’s other services include showroom and in-home consultancy.
The 1,200-square-foot showroom at Federal Realty鈥檚 Bethesda Row will open in December.
According to , the name Dead Salmon was derived from an old painter鈥檚 invoice from 1805 found in a historic hall in England.
Farrow & Ball has 63 showrooms in the U.K., Europe and North America.
