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Bidet history
The product was imagined by a French cabinet maker, Rémy Péverie in the eighteenth century, a century of comfort and licentiousness, under Louis XV. In 1739 the name "bidet" is used for the first time to mean not a little horse as in French but a type of toilet one sat astride on (hence the choice of the name). Our cabinet maker started a virtual revolution, a change of the age-old habit of the dry toilet. The bidet, described as "ladies confidant" seduces women and men and is appreciated by soldiers who can ease the consequences of their long rides. The eighteenth century bidet is a seat, the shape of which reminds one of a violin or a guitar.
ll through the nineteenth century, the bidet conjures up the idea of a personal hygiene accessory, a luxury object, a sign of lust. From 1871, after being produced by craftsmen, it is factory made. The bowl, in china, enameled sheet metal, nickel plated copper, then sanitary ceramic, are mass produced.
Since the seventies, we are witnessing a breakup of the trilogy bath-basin-bidet. The use of the bidet has diminished with the use of the shower. The manufacturers blame the washing machine market for the reduction of that of the bidet. After two and a half centuries, the bidet is disappearing from our bathrooms. But the story of the bidet is not finished and a new chapter is open: that of electronic bidets. The electronic bidet was born in Japan in 1985. 70% of the Japanese use it today. It is popular in many Asian countries and also in U.S.A. and Australia. Some of the Middle and Far East countries have adopted the product for their oriental customs. Some European countries are beginning to opt for this revolutionary invention: Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands . The product has arrived in France in 2005 with Evolance.
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