The bidet was born in France in the 1600s as a washing basin for your private parts. It was considered a second step to the chamber pot, and both items were kept in the bedroom or dressing chamber.

When was the modern bidet invented?

The bidet appears to have been an invention of French furniture makers in the late 17th century, although no exact date or inventor is known. The earliest written reference to the bidet is in 1726 in Italy.

What was the original purpose of a bidet?

A bidet is a low mounted version of a sink or a plumbing fixture low-mounted that was invented in the 17th century France, and ever since then used across the world as sanitation tool for washing legs, genitalia, inner buttocks and anus.