Tad D. Fallon

Tad grew up around art and antiques, working within the family business, Copake Auctions Inc., prior to college. In 1991, after beginning college as a studio art major, he entered the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Restoration program in New York City and studied decorative arts restoration. After graduation with a BFA in 1993, he was hired by Sotheby’s Restoration, and was soon promoted to supervisor of the Finishing Department.

In 1996 he was accepted to the Smithsonian Institution’s graduate Furniture Conservation Training Program, and from 1999-2000, Tad served a graduate internship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation. He holds a certificate of completion from the Smithsonian Institution and an MA in Conservation from Antioch University, in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

In 2000 he formed a business partnership with fellow Smithsonian classmate and renowned furniture maker Randy Wilkinson to open the private conservation practice Fallon & Wilkinson, LLC, where he specializes in the treatment and research of both historic and modern surfaces, colorants, and coatings.

Tad resides in Old Lyme Connecticut with his wife Jennifer and their two sons.

For contact, please visit www.fallonwilkinson.com, or email, tfallon1024@gmail.com