Papal
Pope Benedict XVI
October 2010
Papal coat of arms embroidered on the throne for the pastoral visit to Palermo.
Since 2000 – the Art of Liturgical Embroidery
Sartorial
excellence
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. Part of the workshop's history passed through that work: every entry on this page corresponds to real work, new making or restoration, for religious, institutional and international clients.
Commissions The workshop's
The workshop's
commissions
A list ordered by significance, not by date. Each row is documented work: who commissioned it, when, and what was done.
Papal
Pope Francis
September 2018
Vestments worn during the pastoral visit to Palermo and antependium for the papal altar.
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.
Institutional
Palermo Cathedral
2004 · 17th c.
Covering for the new altar (November 2004) and restoration of the seventeenth-century mitre known as «del Barbavara».
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.
Institutional
Treasury of the Bishops of Monreale
800th anniversary
Restoration of the vestments for the 800th anniversary of Monreale Cathedral.
Institutional
Throne of the Abbess of Corleone
18th c.
Restoration of the upholstery of the «Throne of the Abbess» in Corleone, eighteenth century.
Institutional
Casa Florio tapestry
Restoration
Conservative restoration of the Casa Florio tapestry.
International
KOINE' fair in Vicenza
March 2011
Exhibition stand at the 14th edition of the international showcase of church furnishings, liturgical objects and building components for places of worship.
International
Commissions from abroad
New works
Mitres, chasubles and stoles made to commission for international clients.
Contact Request
Request
a commission
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