Bathing Room, Vogue

A "bathing room" or bathroom designed by Vogue to represent one woman's dream bathing space. At the back is a French antique tole tub, above which hangs a six-foot sixteenth-century painting called "Flora" of the School of Fontainebleau, attributed to Martin Freminet, and loaned to the room by the Jacques Seligmann Galleries. To the left of the tub, is a four panel eighteenth-century Japanese screen. In front of the tub to the right, are two nesting tables of Japanese rosewood and faux bamboo. In the back right corner is a white porcelain Louis XVI stove that heats water for the tub. Near that, on the right wall, is a white Italian marble washstand with silver lustre bowl and crystal legs. Above the sink hangs a simulated tortoise-shell bamboo frame and next to this is an apple-green faux bamboo English towel rack corner stand from circa 1840. The printed terry towels and linen hand towels are from France and by Porthault. On the left wall is a Louis XV fruitwood and marble-topped console table, upon which sit two blue-and-white eighteenth-century Dutch faience urns. The wicker armchair seated in front of the console is from Hong Kong. On the floor is a grass green wool rug from Stark Carpet. There are several antique silver cups that are variously English, French, and German. The brushes are by Kent, and the soaps and sponges are from Caswell-Massey. There is a tub-side phone from Ericofon by North Electric. There are also crystal tumblers from Tiffany & Co, plus straw baskets from Pink Balloon. At the bottom of the tub is a tall flowering quince tree and gloxinia plant flowers sit in the foreground.