If you want to make a lifetime investment in something useful and beautifull, consider baths from Victoria & Albert.
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Victoria & Albert, a global brand, has a worldwide reputation for creating beautiful baths. To create a fashion statement and at the same time taking care of functionality, Victoria & Albert's designs are made from 100% Quarrycast, a blend of volcanic limestone and high performance resins. Looking beautifully in naturally white colour, each bath is individually hand-finished by craftsmen. All those fine products have been tested and come with a 25 year consumer guarantee. Now, that's a lifetime investment.
Victoria & Albert have many product lines to choose from, and on the most interesting among them is a line inspired by Art Deco. The style flourished through the 1920s & '30s inspired by the thoughts seen at the Paris Exhibition of 1925. Influences included Cubism, Ancient Egypt, and Aztec & Mayan art.
Nearly a hundred years ago it was a machine age, and style utilised the innovations of the times such as plastics, chrome & aluminium. At a time of economic depression and the approach of the Second World War there was a desire for escapism. People enjoyed the pleasures of life during the Jazz Age, speed and streamlining became important with the advent of the new ways of travel such as the first commercial flights, trains such as the Orient Express and ocean liners.
At that time baths were either built into a surround made from a luxury material such as mirror or glass tiles or were freestanding. Freestanding tubs ranged from models with sharp, geometric lines to double or single ended roll tops with claw feet. At this time most baths were made from either cast iron or pressed steel.
Thanks to modern technology, Victoria & Albert offer authentic period styling without the drawbacks associated with old materials. Both cast iron and steel are heavy and cold to the touch. Water cools quickly because metal is a good conductor of heat. Enamelled surfaces can easily be damaged by household cleaners.
Victoria & Albert baths are made using Quarrycast, a unique material rich in natural volcanic limestone. Lighter in weight than metal, warm to the touch, naturally shiny and impervious to cleaners containing bleach, Quarrycast is exclusive to Victoria & Albert and is used to make luxury baths in styles from contemporary to period.
Of course, Art Deco is not the only line worth looking and touching. If you don't change your bath every year, but instead you enjoy in timeless and functional design, take a good look at Victoria & Albert's designs. ■