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Show Ceramio Tile Bathrooms Although ceramic tile has been manufactured for more than 6.000 years, its widespread use In American Amer-ican bathrooms dates only from the 1920s. Two factors, the popularity of the apron-front bathtub and the Increase In showers, were primarily primar-ily responsible for more extensive employment of this material, according ac-cording to construction experts. As a direct result, volume of tile production, pro-duction, valued at only two million dollars In 1900, rose to nearly 28 million dollars by 1926. |