French Antique Limestone Bench

A French antique limestone bench of heavy block construction: a thick slab on two squared feet, with a deeply weathered surface. The color runs through weathered gray, pale oat and warm sand, with deep charcoal mineral buildup in the hollows. Rhythmic grooves cross the stone, and there are small natural pits, old nicks and fractured corners throughout. A vertical notch cuts into one end, and traces of dry moss sit in the softened edges.

It measures 53 inches wide, 11 3/4 inches deep and 19 3/4 inches high; the listing also records secondary measurements of 7 1/2 inches on the width and 9 1/4 inches on the depth for the supports, with 11 3/4 and 8 inch heights for the slab and the feet. The depth is narrow, so it fits where a deeper bench would not.

Indoors it suits an entry hall, the wall beneath a window, or the foot of a bed in a room with plaster walls and old wood. Outside, set it beside a pool, along a gravel path, or beneath mature planting where the moss will come back. This limestone bench is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; see it by appointment, or ask us for more photographs and a delivered price.