Easing the boredom of the cabinet bath

Multi-tasking in the bath

'The Gem Wood Cabinet is supplied with an adjustable seat, so that the same bath may be used by a child or a grown up person…In other respects the Gem Wood Cabinet is most convenient. There are two apertures, through which the bather may put either arm for such purposes as to drink from a glass, for which there is a convenient recess in the top of the cabinet, to wipe the face, or turn the pages of a book (supported by a conveniently placed rest) should reading be engaged in during the bath. When the arms are not protruding, these apertures are closed by two sliding panels operated from the inside.' 1

This page enlarges an image or adds to the information found below:

The Retreat, York

Women and the Victorian Turkish bath.  Pt 6: attitudes to privacy, nudity, & exercise

Top of the page

Victorian Turkish Baths: their origin, development, and gradual decline

Arrived from another site?
or from a search engine?

Instead of just using the Back Arrow
to return to your previous page
why not explore our site first?

SITE MAP

Victorian Turkish Bath Project logo
missing the images or notes?
need a more recent browser?

This site has pages with frames which
most modern browsers understand.
So for complete pages start here:

HOME PAGE

You can bookmark this page

Comments and queries are most welcome and can be sent to:  You can print this page
malcolm@victorianturkishbath.org

NOTES
 1. The Gem Quaker Turkish Bath Cabinets. — London : Gem Supplies, c.1905 [return]