The basic function of a bathtub faucet is to dispense hot and cold running water for bathing purposes. Bathtub faucets, in the past, were designed to be things of beauty, elegant and ornate, designed to sit proudly next to antique claw footed tubs. Eventually, as decorative tubs made way to more functional fixtures, the bath faucet gradually moved to a great emphasis on function rather than form. As consumers have once again begun to demand bathrooms that are beautiful as well as functional, creating more of a calm retreat than a boring bathroom, bathtub faucets are once again focused on combing form and function into fixtures that as just as visually appealing as they are practical in nature.
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