Limestone Fireplace Mantel

A new limestone fireplace mantel that is taller than it is wide, with acanthus leaves and climbing vines in relief running up the two slender pillars and across the header, each leaf cut with a crisp edge. The pillars stand on rounded stone bases. The stone is sun-baked tan, deep ochre and pale biscuit in color, with a smooth face marked by small mineral pits and fine fissures.

It measures 52 inches wide and 75 1/2 inches high, with an opening 38 inches wide and 63 1/2 inches high, a tall proportion that suits a narrow chimney breast or a raised firebox; ask us for the depth. This is new stone from the European workshop that makes all of our new French mantels, and the design can be ordered to a custom opening. It travels in sections and comes with a setting drawing.

The vertical format suits a tall library, a bright sunroom, a primary bedroom hearth, or a narrow entry hall where it draws the eye upward; white oak floors and lime-wash walls bring out the lighter tones in the stone. The limestone fireplace mantel is in Marina Del Rey; see it by appointment or ask for photographs and a quote.