Papal Vestments for Pope Francis in Palermo
Papal Vestments for Pope Francis in Palermo 2018
Vestments worn by Pope Francis during the pastoral visit to Palermo in September 2018, and the antependium for the papal altar.
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Since 2000 – the Art of Liturgical Embroidery
Sacred vestments
embroidered by hand
Michele Cassata creates and restores sacred vestments using historic techniques: embroidery in gold, silver, silk, coral and hardstones. Not a conservator only: in new pieces he reinterprets the historic design and signs it as his own.
The Master The Works Every piece
Every piece
thought through stitch by stitch.
The Pope's tailor
Michele Cassata has embroidered vestments for the Pontiff. Coats of arms and bands in gold, silver and polychrome silk, made entirely by hand, stitch after stitch. Work that says as much about the one who wears it as about the one who spent hours, days and weeks with needle and thread, making something meant to last in time and in history.
History passes through
the hands that embroider it.
Commissions The workshop's
The workshop's
commissions
Each entry corresponds to real work, either restoration or new making, for religious and institutional clients.
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Papal Papal coat of arms for Pope Benedict XVI
Papal Papal coat of arms for Pope Benedict XVI 2010
Papal coat of arms embroidered on the throne for Pope Benedict XVI's pastoral visit to Palermo, October 2010.
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Institutional Palermo Cathedral
Institutional Palermo Cathedral 2004
Covering for the new altar (November 2004) and restoration of the seventeenth-century mitre known as “del Barbavara”.
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Institutional Diocesan Museum of Monreale
Institutional Diocesan Museum of Monreale 16th c.
Restoration of the antependia embroidered in gold and coral and of the sixteenth-century mitre, cleared by the Heritage Superintendency.
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Ecclesiastical Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi
Ecclesiastical Cardinal Salvatore De Giorgi 50 years of priesthood
Vestments for the fiftieth anniversary of priestly ordination and a mitre donated to the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi.
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Institutional Treasury of the Bishops of Monreale
Institutional Treasury of the Bishops of Monreale 800th anniversary
Restoration of the vestments for the 800th anniversary of Monreale Cathedral.
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Institutional Throne of the Abbess of Corleone
Institutional Throne of the Abbess of Corleone 18th c.
Restoration of the upholstery of the “Throne of the Abbess” in Corleone, eighteenth century.
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Institutional Casa Florio tapestry
Institutional Casa Florio tapestry Restoration
Conservative restoration of the Casa Florio tapestry.
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International KOINE' fair in Vicenza
International KOINE' fair in Vicenza 2011
Exhibition stand at the 14th edition of the international showcase of church furnishings, liturgical objects and building components for places of worship.
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International Commissions from abroad
International Commissions from abroad New works
Mitres, chasubles and stoles made to commission for international clients.
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The last guardian of a sacred art,
the first to reinvent it.
The Workshop Hands, frames, gold thread.
Hands, frames, gold thread.
A craft you can see.
Every piece takes shape one stitch at a time, in the Ciminna workshop.
Creation and restoration of sacred vestments with historic techniques: embroidery in gold, silver, silk, coral and hardstones.
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Every piece begins with a direct request: a new creation, a restoration, a vestment to reinterpret. The first step is to tell us about it.
Via Barone 52, 90023 Ciminna (PA), Italy +39 091 820 4221 info@michelecassata.it