History of the faucet

The faucet in Istanbul first appeared in the 16th century, four or five hundred years earlier than Beijing.
Before the advent of the faucet, the wall of the water fountain was inlaid with a kind of animal head, usually made of stone, and a few “faucets” made of metal (I did not translate well), from which the water had been flowing in a long, uncontrolled flow. In order to avoid wasting water and solve the growing shortage of water resources, people developed the faucet.

The faucet was originally cast in bronze, which was later converted to cheaper brass. Some faucets are simply functional, while others are very decorative. A variety of different shapes of faucets, such as snakes, dragons, ram heads, geometric shapes or flower shapes reflect the architectural decoration style of that era. The faucets of the court and other important buildings are mostly silver, silver alloy or bronze gold plated, and carefully carved. In the 18th and 19th centuries, faucets made for the court and the mansion paid more attention to decoration, so that the decorative function was relegated to the decorative role, it is not too much to say that they are crafts.
Various ancient faucets can still be seen in the royal palace, in the street, on the wall of the water fountain or outside the mosque. But it is only with a visit to the Faucet Museum that you can truly appreciate how decorative the Ottoman faucet was more than practical. The faucet museum is owned by E.C.A., a Turkish company that makes faucets. The company. I was surprised by the number of Ottoman faucets in the collection and the exquisite workmanship. However, in order to facilitate maintenance, these faucets were originally designed to be easy to disassemble, resulting in the flow of faucets, and many existing faucets are difficult to find out what kind of buildings they originally belong to. We can only guess: court? From the rich? Or on the street? Ordinary people’s?
Entering the 21st century, great changes have taken place in the consumer market. Material affluence has spawned a worldwide trend of view and life, and many consumers have begun to have their own unique understanding and rights and interests in the taste of life. They advocate the flags of exquisite life, materialism, cultural interest, personality and self to create their own perfect living space. In the past, when many families bought faucets, they simply thought that “it can be used.” Nowadays, with the increasingly obvious style of home decoration, bathroom space has also begun to publicize personality everywhere, in order to create a personalized bathroom space, from faucets, basins, shower equipment to bathroom accessories, etc., unique design, everywhere highlights the personality and extraordinary taste, classic art design breaks through the usual way of thinking, the faucet as a piece of art to combine the use of. Bring some cultural atmosphere to the bathroom space. Under this new concept of consumption, the art faucet users have taste and ornamental value, the art faucet adds a sense of humanized design, subdivided customer groups, pay attention to the actual needs of different age levels, such as “dragon” shape, giving people a kind of auspicious feeling, so that the love of the middle-aged and elderly groups, children have also begun to become the target customers of bathroom, They have completely different needs and demands from adults, according to the special needs of children, meet the emotional demands of children, design such as white rabbits, mice and other cartoon modeling concepts, which are loved by children, and characters and plants are also loved by female friends. Thus get the broad prospects of the consumer market.