CORDA

CORDA is the Vienna studio of Anna Zimm, an art historian and rope weaver who turns old chair frames into one-off pieces by wrapping them in hand-woven cord. The practice grew out of a detour: after eighteen years working with photographs in the art and auction trade, Zimm travelled to Bergamo for a weaving workshop and began covering furniture she found in vintage shops and flea markets.

Chairs remain the core, complemented by benches, folding screens and side tables, since any framed structure can be rewoven. The ropes are thin polypropylene braids made in Italy and the Netherlands and certified OEKO-TEX, and the restoration side of the work returns existing furniture to use instead of replacing it. FILO, developed with Klemens Schillinger, is the contemporary line, with frames produced by a family-run workshop in northern Italy.