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53Literally millions of Aussie hands have touched these taps overthe years.If there was a set of tapware that dominated the best-designed houses in Australia in the 1960s and 1970s, it was the Raymor T4 Tap. Designed by Arthur Robinson in 1964 and made in New South Wales, the taps were used by our most famous architects of the period, such as Robin Boyd, Harry Seidler and even Glenn Murcutt, in many of their designs.Chrome-plated and with plastic handles featuring restrained blue and red markings to indicate water temperature, Raymor T4 Taps were the best-looking locally produced tapware available at the time.With this design, Robinson hit the holy grail. The taps were well designed and a%u00a0ordable, and%u00a0they also became commonplace in schools, commercial buildings, local pools and even caravan parks.YEAR 1964DESIGNER Arthur Robinson MANUFACTURER RaymorLiterally millions of Aussie hands have touched these taps over the years. Most famously, they were used in the prime minister%u2019s o%u00a0ice and bathroom in Old Parliament House (pictured opposite), Canberra, in the early 1970s. If you touch one of those, you are one hand removed from former prime ministers Bob Hawke, Malcolm Fraser and Gough Whitlam. That%u2019s not a thought I would dwell on.Discontinued in the late 1990s, the taps%u2019 elegance is sorely missed in today%u2019s crowded market.