Vintage bathroom illustrations

Winter has set in, and with it, bleh. There’s just something about the short days, the darkness — I need HAPPY to offset it. How about this: I recently pounced on a few rolls of 1970s (I believe) vintage wallpaper. One of those super whimsical designs showing various illustrated characters taking baths in their Victorian-revival …

Evolution in Baths. The A&O Vedora Bath from The Ahrens & Ott Manufacturing Company, Inc. Plumbing and Supplies Catalog

This is a beautiful illustrated image from a 1929 Kohler ad for an Art Deco style bathroom. Great colors and something that would be reproducible today. Notice the absence of subway tile. ;-) Source: House & Garden From the Antique Home & Style 1920s Bathroom collection.

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c. 1925.

I am being completely honest with you all when I tell you that I would truly love to spend some time in ANY of these great old bathrooms I a...

Another early 1920s ad for a bathroom that may be tiny, but it looks elegant with its iridescent dark tile work and red carpet.

During the 1920s, it wasn't uncommon for the illustrator of such prosaic subjects (like bathroom fixtures) to go all out and sign their work. The illustrator here was Bennett ... don't know who he or she was, but I love that they claimed credit. Source: House & Garden Image from the Antique Home & Style collection.