Cer Magazine International n.20 - Tilmar Ceramics

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A RATIONAL AND CLEAN
LINE FOR THE ITO EXTRA-
FLAT SHOWER TRAY FROM
CERAMICA ALTHEA (120X175
CM), ALSO AVAILABLE IN
COLOURS YELLOW, GREY,
BLACK AND RED
bathroom. The shower enclosure itself has mixed origins,
dictated largely by marketing experts and the worlds of
production and distribution.
Childhood reminiscences of the author of this article bring
back memories of hotel bathrooms from long-ago holidays.
These were very Spartan places with a miniscule shower
area. Over the years, shower cubicles gradually became
more spacious and user-friendly. The ceramic sanitaryware
manufacturers developed larger sized products that allowed
ablutions to be performed in complete safety and more
comfortably even by overweight users. Square or angular,
rectangular or round, but always generously sized, the
fireclay shower tray has established a dominant position over
the last few decades, largely as a result of the aesthetic
contributions of industrial design. Other important factors
include the increasingly numerous building refurbishment
projects and the ever greater propensity to choose a
comfortable shower enclosure in place of the traditional
bathtub, the exclusive realm of the affluent since the early
20th century.
With the advent of multidimensional shower trays, an
adequate level of attention to safety was required. As a
result, they have gradually been equipped with mouldings
and other improvements that eliminate all risks associated
with their use.
As for colour, shower trays have traditionally been white
apart from a short period during the 1970s and 1980s when
other colours appeared on the market. But chromatic
simplicity soon returned to vogue and well before the
other sanitary fixtures - WCs, bidets and basins -
they went back to being strictly white.
The wide dimensional range in which
shower trays were soon available
encouraged other companies to
develop shower enclosures, an
article that in reality had hardly existed
previously. In place of the old-fashioned
curtains and doors mounted on bath tubs, the
sector has gradually evolved towards sliding doors
and, ultimately, inward and outward swinging doors, a
safe and convenient solution that allows ease of access even
to the less able-bodied. A range of interesting offerings
Cer Magazine
DROP SERIES FROM
CERAMICA HATRIA.
THE SHOWER TRAY
INCLUDES INSPECTABLE
AND EXTRACTABLE 90 MM
DIAMETER SIPHON WASTE
WITH CHROME-PLATED
COVER. MADE OF FINE
FIRECLAY, IT IS AVAILABLE
IN 9 DIFFERENT SIZES
(PICTURED: 80 CM CORNER
VERSION)
(ABOVE) DISH SHOWER TRAY (90X90
CM) FROM CERAMICA TECLA. THE
ELEGANCE OF THE LINES BLENDS
WITH THE CLEAR CRYSTAL OF THE
SHOWER ENCLOSURE.
THE TRAY CAN ALSO BE COMBINED
WITH THE FUNCTIONAL WOOD
FOOTBOARD
(FACING) SEVENTY SERIES FROM
POZZI GINORI. MADE OF FINE
FIRECLAY, THE SHOWER TRAYS IN
THIS SERIES ARE EXTRA-FLAT WITH
NON-SLIP SURFACE. PICTURED:
100X80 CM ASYMMETRIC CORNER
VERSION
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