Happy royal steam! Delightful royal bathrooms

Humanity in all eras has strived for wealth, luxury and comfort. Moreover, surprisingly, you especially notice this in the interior of the bathroom. In fact, history can boast of many strange facts about the arrangement of this particular room: here you have gold on the walls, precious stones, velvet on the toilet, and drapery with heavy and dense fabrics. And all this could be seen in the royal bathrooms, which, however, is not surprising - that’s why they are monarchs.

Louis XV - in the style of Versailles

During the reign of the French King of the Sun - Louis XIV - Versailles began to personify chic and incredible wealth. All this pomp flowed smoothly into the reign of the Beloved King, Louis XV. He spent almost his entire adult life rebuilding the palace, but the bathroom was the last to be completed before his death.

The decor of the room is simply amazing... beautiful storylines related to water, a green marble fireplace, a huge gilded mirror, an incredibly beautiful chandelier.However, according to some rumors, Louis XV did not use the bathroom for its intended purpose, or, to be more precise, he actually kept his personal documents there. Where the famous seducer took a shower is still unclear.

By the way, the personal belongings of Louis XV also look very fancy.

Queen Mary of Scots - a real bath complex

Historians still have not found an answer to the main question: this building served as a summer home for Mary or just a huge bathroom.

In any case, you don’t have to worry about the queen’s hygiene, because this small building (Edinburgh, Scotland) was the very place where she bathed. Moreover, at that time, the bath was treated more as an excess than a necessity, because they say that Maria often loved to relax in a cup filled with wine.

Virginia Courtauld - Art Deco style

Virginia was not a member of the royal family, but rather a socialite. But this did not stop her and her husband from settling into the delightful Eltham Palace, where they decided to decorate the dilapidated 15th-century building in the Art Deco style.

The lady's bathroom was next to her bedroom. But this was not just a typical bathhouse... The walls are decorated in gold and onyx inlay - truly royal luxury.

Napoleon - a room made of marble

The bath accompanied the emperor throughout his entire life. Unlike most of his contemporaries, he paid special attention to hygiene and considered hot, almost scalding water a remedy for all diseases. Probably, it was for this reason that his bathroom was simply gorgeous: expensive tiles for those times, pilasters, beautiful figures. True, he did not use this particular room in the house (Palazzo Pitti, Florence).

The Garrett family - swimming in gold

John W. Garrett was an American merchant turned banker who also became President of Baltimore and Ohio. In 1878 he bought the estate and immediately began renovations. Yes, he was not of royal blood either, but his home today is a museum owned by Johns Hopkins University.

Of course, any room in the palace is luxurious and rich, and the bathroom was no exception. In fact, Garrett managed to make the fantasy come true: the room was covered in gold, including the toilet seat.

Edith Vanderbilt - availability of running water

The wife of a wealthy entrepreneur - George Vanderbilt. The couple lived at Biltmore, a huge estate in North Carolina. There are as many as 43 bathrooms in the house, but Edith's personal room stands out among them.

The building was built in the period 1889–1895, and at that time hot and cold water flowing straight from the tap was not just a rarity, but something out of fantasy. But the Vanderbilts had such delights, although many houses had neither one nor the other.

Marie Antoinette - the first flush toilet

The bathroom of the Queen of France and Navarre is considered to be one of the most delightful in history. Marie Antoinette considered the flush toilet to be the main feature of her premises, while other people (and even nobles) used public toilets or even potties.

But for the system to function, one of the servants had to get up and flush the water by opening the tap. However, at that time this was also royally convenient and practical.

Emperor Nicholas II - a huge bath

There was a particularly secluded place in the Alexander Palace - the bathroom of Nicholas II. The design featured Moorish features, which was wildly popular back then. The interior was complemented by dark wood elements and pendant lamps.And the center of the room - the bathtub - contained as much as 70,000 liters of water (not bad for those times!).

In fact, if we look at today's realities, it was not just a bowl, but a whole pool where the emperor loved to spend time.

Nicholas II loved this pool very much. And not only him. The children were also happy when their father allowed them to splash around in the bowl. In February 1907, the tiles burst at night and the tsar noted in his diary that “for several days I will be deprived of the pleasure of swimming.”

By the way, the bathroom of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna in Gatchina was no less luxurious. Although the bowl itself is made of ordinary zinc with two brass taps and is placed in a case made of simple wood, all this does not take away from the luxury of the room with its delightful decor and thoughtful design. During the day, the bathtub was draped with a cretonne curtain.

Queen Caroline - private bath

The room at Hampton Court Palace is much larger in size than most of Caroline's homes in New York. The woman lived here with her husband George II in the early 1700s. But during this period, body hygiene was not so important, and therefore the room was not used every day.

You can see that a linen canvas is spread inside the bowl and there is a stool. There are two reasons for the appearance of these attributes in the bathtub of that time - these are hygienic considerations and the prevention of discomfort from touching the body to a not very attractive and quickly cooling surface made of thin metal.

Ekaterina Parr - bathroom in velvet

The sixth and, in fact, the last wife of Henry VIII. Apparently, she was quite pleased with her luxurious life, because she had an unusual toilet... the toilet had a red velvet seat - a truly royal shade.

And in the dressing room of the Queen of England there was a canopy (also made of velvet), decorative pillows made of gilded material and a chest of drawers with ribbons.

Empress Eugenia - drapery with fabrics

In general, the Fontainebleau Palace was the residence of many French monarchs, including Louis VII. And, of course, the rooms in the house must correspond to such persons...

This bathroom belonged to the French Empress, wife of Napoleon III. At one time, she was a trendsetter for all of Europe. However, her talent was revealed not only in clothes, but also in the interior. This room was no exception. It is very spacious, and the walls and the bowl itself were decorated with fabric.

Such royally chic bathrooms surrounded important persons, monarchs, rulers of countries and emperors.