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interior design business in
Stonington, Connecticut in
1993, with one brilliant client
and a part-time assistant. A
busy decade has flown by, and
Patrick Gallagher Decoratives
& Design is now open at a
second location near the D&D
building in New York City.
In addition to his growing business (and the fact
that two locations invariably lead to almost twice as
much entertaining!) Gallagher has also recently accepted
another new honor and responsibility. He has been
named a Director of the Royal Oak Foundation, the US
membership affiliate of the British National Trust. This
role is a happy one for which he is well suited. As an
inveterate student himself, Gallagher is a natural supporter
of design education of all sorts. His trips to England on
behalf of the Foundation allow him to get regular doses
of European design inspiration and do a bit of shopping
for clients while he supports historic preservation and
cultural exchange on both sides of the Atlantic.
Born in South Bend, Indiana, Gallagher received a
degree in Fashion Buying and Merchandising from the
Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City in 1975.
After a stint in retailing at Bloomingdales, and another
in fashion design at a Milanese sportswear firm, Gallagher
returned to the United States to turn his design skills
to the interior design industry. He headed merchandise
promotion at Harris/Kosmas, Ltd. for a time, and then
went on to work independently for a broad variety of
clients ranging from Laura Ashley, Stowe Davis/Steelcase
and Ralph Lauren, to publications like|CLICK TO CONTINUE|
of design education of all sorts. His trips to England on
behalf of the Foundation allow him to get regular doses
of European design inspiration and do a bit of shopping
for clients while he supports historic preservation and
cultural exchange on both sides of the Atlantic.
Born in South Bend, Indiana, Gallagher received a
degree in Fashion Buying and Merchandising from the
Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City in 1975.
After a stint in retailing at Bloomingdales, and another
in fashion design at a Milanese sportswear firm, Gallagher
returned to the United States to turn his design skills
to the interior design industry. He headed merchandise
promotion at Harris/Kosmas, Ltd. for a time, and then
went on to work independently for a broad variety of
clients ranging from Laura Ashley, Stowe Davis/Steelcase
and Ralph Lauren, to publications like|CLICK TO CONTINUE|
