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The Women's Toilet, from the Tomb of Nakht, New Kingdom, circa 1400 BC (Wall Painting)
The Women's Toilet,
Giclee Print

Check out the etymology of the word “toilet”.
The French word "toilet" originally referred the hairdressing and body care that happened at a table covered with a cloth, or toile.

The table is now known as a dressing table, and the original meaning evolving to describe a plumbing fixture.

Notable artists have depicted women as they prepared to face the day...

La Toilette Art Print, Cassatt
La Toilette,
Art Print

Mary Cassatt posters

BOOKS

Skin Care and Cosmetic Ingredients Dictionary

A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients

Dying to Look Good : The Disturbing Truth About What's Really in Your Cosmetics, Toiletries and Personal Care Products

Cosmetics and Toiletries Formulations Database (CD-ROM)

Chemistry and Technology of the Cosmetics and Toiletries

Young Girl at Her Toilet, Giclee Print, Corot
Young Girl
at Her Toilet,
Giclee Print

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Woman at Her Toilette, Giclee Print, Degas
Woman at
Her Toilette,
Giclee Print

Edgar Degas

Femme a Sa Toilette, Giclee Print, Morisot
Femme a
Sa Toilette,
Giclee Print

Berthe Morisot

La Toilette Art Print, Picasso
La Toilette,
Art Print

Pablo Picasso

Country Girl at Her Toilet, 1888, Giclee Print, Pissarro
Country Girl at
Her Toilet, 1888,
Giclee Print

Camille Pissarro

JapYoung Woman at Her Toilet, Pen and Brown Ink, Brown Wash, Giclee Print, Rembrandt
Young Woman at Her Toilet, Pen and Brown Ink, Brown Wash, Giclee Print

Rembrandt van Rijn

Woman at Her Toilette Wearing a Purple Corset, 1893, Giclee Print
Woman at Her Toilette
Wearing a Purple Corset,
1893, Giclee Print

Paul Signac

Portrait of a Woman at Her Toilet, 1512-15, Giclee Print, Titan
Portrait of a Woman
at Her Toilet, Titian,
1512-15,
Giclee Print

Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio, better known as Titian, was the leader of the 16th-century Venetian school of the Italian Renaissance.
b. c. 1485; Italy
d. 8-27-1576; Venice

Woman at Her Toilette Study for "Elles", circa 1896,, Giclee Print
Woman at
Her Toilette,
Study for "Elles",
circa 1896,
Giclee Print

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was a French post Impressionist painter who illustrated the decadent times in Paris at the turn of the 19th into the 20th century.
b. 11-24-1864; France
d. 9-9-1901

The Lobster at His Toilet, Giclee Print

John Tenniel illustrated Lewis Carroll's poem about a very vain lobster (chapter 10 of "Alice in Wonderland") with a lobster preening before a mirror on a cloth draped table.

'Tis the voice of the Lobster: I heard him declare
"You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair."

Japanese Woodblock, Woman at Toilette, Art Print
Japanese Woodblock,
Woman at Toilette,
Art Print

Japanese Woodblock

The Toilet of an Attorney's Clerk, Giclee Print

Antoine Charles Horace Vernet illustrates 18th century fashion as a man has either his natural hair or a wig powdered to present his aspiring persona for his social position. It was a messy affair.

The Women's Toilet, from the Tomb of Nakht, New Kingdom, circa 1400 BC (Wall Painting)
The Women's Toilet,
Giclee Print

Did you know the cone shape seen on the heads of people in Egyptian paintings were depicting perfumed wax and oil meant to melt in the heat and lubricate the skin?

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last updated 11/26/13