Germany · Basketry; Wicker weaving; North German heritage
Strandkorbflechterei — Nordfriesland
The making of the Strandkorb — the hooded wicker beach chair that is the defining furniture of the North German and Baltic Sea beach culture, invented in 1882 by Rostock basket maker Wilhelm Bartelmann and subsequently spreading to all North German and Baltic coast beaches. The Strandkorbflechter reads the correct wicker tension during the weaving of the characteristic hooded shell through a continuous resistance monitoring that differs from the flat-basket weaving traditions documented elsewhere in the CRAFT archive, because the curved, three-dimensional hood form requires a continuously changing weaving angle.
Risk level: Stable · Not listed; the Strandkorb is on the North German cultural heritage inventory
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