Strandkorb
- Date
- 1882 · confidence high
- Place
- Rostock, Germany
- Credited to
- Wilhelm Bartelmann
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Hooded beach seat made of wicker, wood and canvas, created by basket-maker Wilhelm Bartelmann at a customer's request for shelter from wind and sun on the Baltic Sea coast.
What it led to
- Two-seater model and the first beach-basket rental business in Warnemünde (1883)
- Spread to all North Sea and Baltic Sea beach resorts
- Regarded as a cult object of German "Gemütlichkeit"