French Antique Granite Stone Mill used as Bench

A compact French antique granite bench cut down from an antique millstone, squared off rather than curved, with a strong contrast between its two faces. The seat is a smooth sandy tan, worn flat to the finer grain inside the stone; the outside is dark weathered gray and rough. A diagonal fault line scores the back panel, a natural crack running through the block, and a bright patch of green moss clings to the left side of the backrest. Below the seat the front lip is fractured and jagged, as the block was first split.

It measures 42 inches wide, 19 inches deep and 26 1/4 inches high; the seat is 14 inches deep and sits about 15 3/4 inches off the ground. It is a single piece of granite and heavy for its size.

A seat this compact fits a narrow courtyard, the side of an outdoor shower, or the foot of a low garden wall along a crushed gravel path. It looks well against a flat panel of corten steel or troweled lime plaster, and reclaimed oak timbers warm the gray. This antique millstone seat has sold. We usually have similar millstone benches and mill pieces in the yard or on the water; ask and we will send what is current.