Designer bathroom faucet Icona by Fantini

Guests remember the faucet, not the square footage

Fantini

Vincent Van Duysen

Icona Classic
Icona Classic An icon of Italian design
$ 5,625

What did you have in mind?

Bespoke: size, colour, finish

Nobody compliments a powder room on its tile layout. What people register, in the few seconds they are alone in there, is the object they touch. Icona is designed for that moment: solid brass, a single continuous curve, and nothing added that will look like a date stamp in five years.

Our position on this is not neutral. In a residence or a hospitality project, the faucet is the cheapest place to be genuinely generous and the most expensive place to economise, because it is the only element inspected at hand distance by everyone who enters. Classic carries a cross handle that reads as quietly traditional, Deco a tighter geometry that reads as contemporary; both refuse ornament. Designed by Vincent Van Duysen. La Mercanti supplies the two side by side, so the decision gets made in the hand.

Technical information based on data declared by the manufacturer.

Collection: Icona bathroom faucets
Manufacturer: Fantini Rubinetterie
Design: Vincent Van Duysen
Flow: aerators restricted to 5 l/min at 3 bar on basin and bidet mixers, supplied as standard
Base material: brass
Series: Icona Classic and Icona Deco
Controls: 90° ceramic headwork, quarter turn, on two-handle sets; cartridge on single levers
Installations: single-hole, two-hole, three-hole and wall-mounted
Tap hole: Ø 1.4 in; 3.9 in centres
Maximum deck thickness: 1.6 in (1.8 in single-hole)
Spout projections: 4.3 · 5.5 · 5.7 · 6.3 in at the basin; 8.5 in at the kitchen sink
Versions: each basin and bidet item with or without pop-up waste
Finishes, Classic (11): Chrome · Matt Black RAL 9005 · Polished Nickel PVD · Brushed Steel Look PVD · Matt Gun Metal PVD · Matt British Gold PVD · Matt Copper PVD · Pure Brass PVD · Raw Metal PVD · Deep Black PVD · Mokka PVD
Finishes, Deco (8): the same list without Brushed Steel Look, Deep Black and Mokka
Showers: built-in thermostatic mixers, 1/2” and 3/4”, two or three outlets

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Documents and Catalogs

IconaClassic Catalogue IconaDeco Catalogue Aboutwater Catalogue Fantini Showers Catalogue Fantini Finishes & Materials IconaDeco Technical Guide, Laying & Maintenance Icona CAD & 3D Files

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FAQ

Is a designer faucet worth it in a powder room?
That is usually the strongest case for one. A powder room has no view, no daylight and very little square footage, so the faucet does most of the work of the room and gets inspected at close range by every guest.
Will this look dated in ten years?
Nothing carries a decade guarantee, but the risk lives in the ornament, and there is none here. Classic reduces the archetypal faucet to a cross handle and a curve, a shape that has already survived a century of changing taste.
How do I choose between Classic and Deco?
By what the room already says. Warm materials, plaster and timber sit comfortably with the cross handle; polished stone, dark tile and strong lines take the sharper Deco geometry better.
Should every bathroom in the house match?
Not necessarily, and forcing it often flattens the house. What should stay consistent is the intent: one finish family, one level of formality, and no bathroom left visibly cheaper than its neighbour.
What actually makes a faucet feel expensive?
The body, first: brass has a density you feel before you look. After that, the way the handle turns and the way the finish behaves under artificial light, which is the only light a powder room ever has.

How to specify the faucet in a signature bathroom

Five decisions, in the order a designer actually makes them.

Decide how loud the room should be
Quiet materials with one strong object beats five competing accents.
Choose the character before the colour
Cross handle or sharp geometry. Colour is the easier decision and comes second.
Judge the finish under the room's own light
Powder rooms are lit artificially. Showroom daylight tells you very little.
Hold both handles
Two seconds in the hand settle arguments that drawings prolong for weeks.
Keep one family across the project
La Mercanti assembles the full list, bath and kitchen included, before the order.

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