What is the Clawfoot bath?

The original Clawfoot bathtub was a heavy cast iron bath that stood on the floor on four metal legs. The interior of the tub was enamelled and the legs were gilded and were forced to resemble the legs of animals, most often the paws of the lion.

In the 1980s. He took the traditional shape of the horse and added an enamel coating to make it easier to maintain clean. The result was so impressive that he advertised him in his catalog as "horse riverbed/scander when equipped with four legs, will serve as a bath".

The American standard had a similar product at about the same time; Who has created a design is difficult to find out.

The basic shape is a long bowl with a lip that curved back on top of itself; This created a smooth edge of the bathtub. If one end of the bath is higher than the other end, Clawfoot is called "harvest". Tall, sloping back is designed to lie in water for relaxation, so they are also called "soakingbathtubs ". The built -in bathtubs are relatively recent innovations aimed at reducing the cleaning time - who wants to urinate under the bathtubs? The bathtubs were soon made of acrylic and glass fibers and not from metal or porcelain. They are significantly less heavy, easier to install and cheaper.

Many people are now looking for traditional design for their bathroom equipment, and the main manufacturers are now again supplied with claws, both in metal/enamel and acrylic. While the original Clawfoots came in white, you can now buy Clawfoot to match any decoration. There are also two tone models (the interior is different than the outer color). Some models have water accessories in the middle and both end high and tendency for reciting so that the couples can soak together.

Add a few candles, release rough above -ground lights, add a few drops of jasmine oil to the bath water and turn the bathtub intosensual spa retreat.