Gene McCall Conservation & Restoration Inc. is a unique, full service antique restoration firm specializing in the restoration of English, American and Continental furniture, sculpture, and objets d'art' of the 18th and 19th centuries. Our highly trained professional staff includes specialists with expertise in various areas of conservation including French polishing, cabinet work, gold leafing, carving, marquetry, chinoiserie and trompe-l'oeil, among others.

Mr. McCall, a published author, consultant, and lecturer is available to give slide shows and demonstrations on various subjects related to antique conservation and restoration. His expansive knowledge of the subject provides a well balanced and comprehensive framework from which to base conservation treatment decisions. His easygoing manner and lively delivery render the information very accessible and interesting to both professional and general audiences alike.

Our firm has been actively serving the conservation needs of museums, historic houses and private clients throughout Florida and the United States from its Sarasota County location for the past fifteen years. The company routinely undertakes projects from as small as restoring individual antique dining chairs for private clients to as large as the Grand Entranceway restoration of the National Historic Landmark H. B. Plant Hall on the University of Tampa campus, or conservation of the Grande Escritoire of King Louis Bonaparte of Holland (the Emperor Napoleon's brother) for the Lightner Museum in St. Augustine.

In addition to our various conservation activities we have also designed and manufactured fine furniture and artwork for private clients on an individual basis.

Impeccable service, unrivaled quality and thorough attention to detail are our company's hallmarks.

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A listing of Mr. McCall's clients would include the following names:

Lydia Auchincloss - Sarasota Mikhail Baryshnikov Boca Raton Historical Society The Canterbury Collection - New York The Chiseler's Inc. - Tampa Bill & Margot Conte Chubb Insurance Group Crissy Galleries - Sarasota Morse & Mary Dial Linda Rogers Emery Florida Division of Historical Resources John and Sally Gambling - Boca Grande Lou & Alyce Gerber Richard Gere Alan Gerry Lou Gramm Michael Gressel Ron Howard Carol Joffe Jeffrey Jones Jonathan Kamen Katherine Kane Ed & Mimi Klein - Sarasota Yolanda Kluge Martin Kuckly Barbara D. Lang - Greenwich Gerald Levin The Lightner Museum - St. Augustine Mike & Michelle McKee - Sarasota Metro Antiques - New York Metropolitan Insurance - Tampa Robert Morton - Sarasota

Museum of Fine Arts - St. Petersburg Concetta Nardin - New York Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward Dick & Gretchen Nielsen - Boca Grande G. Theodore Nightwine - Sarasota Roy & Susan Palmer - Sarasota Howard Philips - Sarasota Henry B. Plant Museum - Tampa David & Jane Bryant Quinn Robert Redford The Ringling Museum of Art - Sarasota John Keith Russell Inc. - New York Donald Saff Dept. of Historical Resources - Sarasota Ambassador & Mrs. Oyvind Scott-Hansen Benson Selzer S. J. Sindeband Anne Folsom Smith - Sarasota Karl Springer Ltd. - New York Richard Stanley - Sarasota The City of Tampa, Florida Telfair Museum - Savannah Gary Trudeau & Jane Pauley The University of Tampa Carleton Varney Lorenzo Villasenor Elizabeth von Furstenburg Warner Wolf Dick & Lorraine Vitale Xanadu Design - N.Y. & Br. Virgin Islands Yellow Monkey Antiques - New York Yellow Bird of St. Armands - Sarasota

and many more designers, dealers, museums and collectors worldwide.