Philosophy

Cassigoli Editions creations are the modern way of expressing the artistic sensibility which pervades Tuscany, a timeless synthesis of the results of a cultural process which draws its inspiration from millennia-long vestiges.
Cassigoli was founded with a view to creating handmade modern masterpieces keeping the flavor of antiques, exclusive products shaped by the expert hands of Tuscan artisans, for only in our area one is able to find workers who were trained in centuries-old traditional workshops and academies.
Indeed, since the Renaissance and generation after generation Florence, Pisa and Lucca have boasted the best crafts which shaped, and do shape still today, the matter to obtain real art masterpieces of unparalleled splendor.

Painting, gilding, leather dressing and luxury woodwork are carried out, today as before, following the ancient traditions that made Tuscany grand and rich in works of art that are proudly displayed in the most important museums as well as in the most luxurious residences worldwide.

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Painting, gilding, leather dressing and luxury woodwork are carried out, today as before, following the ancient traditions that made Tuscany grand and rich in works of art that are proudly displayed in the most important museums as well as in the most luxurious residences worldwide.

Wood

Cassigoli Editions has selected two amongst the most renowned and popular types of wood: Rosewood and Briarwood. The Rosewood, one of the finest and most sought-after woods, is offered only as solid wood, worked by a highly specialized joiner’s workshop to enhance its purity and lend it an unparalleled richness.
The Briarwood, carefully selected, comes from the Maremma region, Southern Tuscany, an area which has always been particularly devoted to the collection and processing of Heather, used in the manufacturing of smoking pipes. After having been hand-collected in the inland forest, the materials are left to boil during 24 hours and subsequently undergo a long and complex seasoning. Now they are ready to be processed.

By means of selecting the rare big-sized pieces, Cassigoli obtains the exquisite details which embellish its products.

Leather

Santa Croce, in the province of Pisa (Tuscany), is home to the most important industrial district of leather in Italy for Fashion System. The leather Cassigoli Editions selects by carefully examining the degree and the appropriateness of tanning and finishing according to the specific type of processing, is the same used by the best ‘Made in Italy’ labels. As for Crocodile leather, the Kaiman Crocodillus Yakare is the selection made and offered by Cassigoli, while the Python leather, be it from Python curtus, Molurus or Reticulatus, is of the same quality used for high-end handbags.

Metal leaf

For the decoration and coating of some of Cassigoli Editions products, our craftsmen use either pure 23 and ¾ carats Gold leaf or pure Silver leaf. The latter is applied through the complex and costly ‘gouache’ technique, which allows to polish the stone, thus lending it thorough brilliance. For details that need to be less reflective as well as for the most original and modern designs, imitation gold or silver leaf is used, instead. The latter is applied through the mordant technique.

Parchment

The parchment on which our artists perform their awe-inspiring paintings is not just paper treated with acid to imitate parchment, but rather the real precious and rare Parchment, the Vellum (sheepskin or goatskin that has undergone the proper ancient lime tanning process which makes it slightly translucent) which lends our products a unique refinement and all the genuineness of our historical background.

Exclusive designs or customer’s design

Cassigoli, ever carefull to the specific needs of customer, not being an industrial firm, but a real laboratory of art and knowledge, can propose any solution to meet the individual wishes and needs of interior design.

• Completely handmade ; The small differences that manual processing creates, offers products always slightly different from one another.
• Unique ; For customers, however, who doing of the unicity an own style and a way of life.
• Luxury ; Cassigoli born from the luxury fashion world.
• Special sizes ; Special shapes and special sizes for frameworks and picture frames. Decorations and lacquering out of range for mirrors.