Tiracord chair by Jordi Vilanova for Isist Atelier: natural ash frame with a woven tan leather strip seat

Tiracord Chair

Natural leather, natural ash
€895,00
€895,00
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Tiracord chair by Jordi Vilanova for Isist Atelier: natural ash frame with a woven tan leather strip seat
  • Tiracord chair by Jordi Vilanova for Isist Atelier: natural ash frame with a woven tan leather strip seat
  • Detail of a leather strap on the Tiracord chair
  • Tiracord chair in natural ash and natural leather, three-quarter view
  • Tiracord chairs in black-stained ash with black leather and in natural ash with natural leather
  • Tiracord chair in a room, side view
  • Close view of the Tiracord seat of crossed leather strips
  • Tiracord chair in a room
  • Tiracord chairs at a dining table
Tiracord Chair

Tiracord Chair

€895,00
€895,00
Taxes included. Free shipping to the UK and Europe on orders over €185.
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Description

Tiracord is a chair designed by Jordi Vilanova in 1961 and reissued by Isist Atelier in 2020. It has a solid ash frame, a back made from a single piece of wood, and a seat of interwoven strips of vegetable-tanned leather, made by hand in Barcelona.
Key facts
Designer Jordi Vilanova (Rubí, 1925 – Barcelona, 1998)
Year 1961; reissued by Isist Atelier in 2020
Maker Isist Atelier, Barcelona (founded 1954)
Frame Solid ash, water-based varnish
Back Single piece of ash, as in the original design
Seat Interwoven strips of 100% vegetable-tanned Standard leather
Versions Natural leather on natural ash, or black leather on black-stained ash
Dimensions W 41.4 × D 47.8 × H 79 cm
Made in Barcelona, Spain
Design

Who designed Tiracord?

Jordi Vilanova (1925–1998) was a pioneer in bringing design and craft together in everyday furniture. With his collective, La Cantonada, he made functional pieces with a modest character. He designed Tiracord in 1961. Its name refers to the strips of leather ("tiras" in Spanish) that cross to form the seat. According to Isist Atelier, Tiracord is in the permanent collection of the Museu del Disseny de Barcelona.
Materials and use

How is Tiracord made?

The frame is solid ash with a water-based varnish. The back is made from a single piece of wood, as Vilanova designed it. The seat is woven from strips of 100% vegetable-tanned leather, cut and made by hand in Isist Atelier's Barcelona workshop.

What is vegetable-tanned leather?

Vegetable-tanned leather is tanned with natural tannins from tree bark and wood, such as chestnut, mimosa, or quebracho, rather than with the chromium salts used for most leather today. The process takes weeks rather than a day or two, and gives a dense, full-bodied leather with a warm, woody smell. It feels firm when new and softens as it is used. Isist Atelier uses 100% vegetable-tanned leather for the woven seat of Tiracord.

How will the leather change over time?

Vegetable-tanned leather darkens and takes on a patina with light, touch, and use. Natural leather changes the most, moving from a pale tan towards a deeper honey colour; darker leathers change more subtly. On Tiracord, the strips where you sit will darken first. Small marks, creases, and variations in tone come from the hide itself and are not defects, and no two pieces age in quite the same way.

How do you care for vegetable-tanned leather?

Dust it with a soft, dry cloth. If it gets wet, blot it straight away and let it dry naturally, away from radiators and other direct heat. Every few months, or whenever it looks dry, apply a little colourless balm or cream made for vegetable-tanned leather, testing it first on a hidden spot. Avoid solvents and household cleaners. Leather is not waterproof, so keep the chair out of the rain, and out of strong direct sun if you want natural leather to darken evenly.
Delivery and returns

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Free shipping to the UK and Europe on orders over €185. You have 14 days from delivery to change your mind, including for pieces made to order. See our Shipping policy and Return and refund policy.

Designed by

Jordi Vilanova

Spanish

Jordi Vilanova (Rubí, 1925 – Barcelona, 1998) was the cabinetmaker and interior designer who brought pale, natural-wood furniture in the Nordic manner to Spain. The son of a schoolteacher, he trained at Barcelona's Escola Industrial and the Llotja after the Civil War, then in the cabinetmaking workshops of Casa Busquets and Lluís Gili. In 1953 he set up his own interiors firm, and in 1960 opened a showroom in a house on the corner of Freixa and Ganduxer streets, where his furniture was shown alongside ceramics, tapestries, lamps, and paintings by friends. Those friends became La Cantonada, the collective he formed with the ceramicist Jordi Aguadé, the painter and stained-glass artist Joan Vila Grau, and the jeweller Aureli Bisbe, later...

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