Antique Granite Bench

An antique granite bench cut from a single block with an arched void beneath the seat, which turns a plain slab into something closer to a small bridge. Light passes under it and the shadow gap gives the heavy stone a little lift. The granite runs from cool silver gray and peppered charcoal into bands of rust and warm sand, so there is more color in it than you expect from granite. The seat is flattened to a smooth matte face; the base keeps a worn texture with chipped edges and small pits.

It measures 58 inches wide, 18 inches deep and 16 inches high, a low granite bench at a height that suits a child or someone stepping out of boots. It is one solid piece, with no joints to shift, and heavy enough to need two people and a dolly or a small machine to move.

The width makes it a natural pause in an entry hall, on a gravel terrace, or set on grass under a tree where the arch reads clearly. It also works indoors against a plaster wall as a low seat in a mudroom. This granite garden bench is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; come and see it, or ask us for more photographs and a delivered price.