The
Complete Classic Bathroom
Traditionally
Lefroy Brooks has for many years been known
as the worlds most famous manufacturer of
classic bathroom brassware – taps
(faucets), accessories and showers.
However, about
10 years ago something changed. I realised
people do not choose baths (tubs) they choose
bathrooms.
They require
a complete co-ordinated bathroom with accessories,
baths, tiles, lighting, chinaware, showers
and taps.
A total look
where colour finishes and styles match perfectly.
Indeed a whole ethos is in harmony –
a complete classic bathroom.
This was a
tall order. It set me down a path of slowly
piecing together all the very best elements
of the classic bathroom worldwide from London
and Edinburgh to New York, from Paris and
Bordeaux to the Italian Lakes.
I was essentially
interested in that splendid period of the
Empire when huge liners ploughed their path
around the world. The period from the turn
of the century to 1914, when the Great War
began in Europe. A time when the elaborate
curves of the Victorian Era gave way to
the more honest, direct lines of the Edwardian
‘Modern Classics’.
I wish I had
been just writing a book or indeed assembling
a website. A couple of photographs in the
relevant chapter would suffice, but the
task was truly enormous – once the
research had been accomplished and the original
pieces located, I embarked on sketches,
technical drawings, models and finally moulds
and production.
Most pieces
required adaption to present day requirements
whilst maintaining the vocabulary of the
past.
Factories
had to be built, old methods of production
re-created, quality maintained, enthusiasts
enlisted.
This website
shows what has been achieved to date –
I will let you judge how successful we have
been.
Finally, may
I say it has been a labour of love. It is
a true joy to work with such beautiful products.
We at Lefroy Brooks know how extremely lucky
we are.
Whether you
are specifying a 200 room hotel, a chateau
in France, A Soho Loft or a Fishing Bothy
by the River Dee – I hope some of
that joy rubs off our products and into
your life.
Kindest regards
Christo
A Lefroy Brooks
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