Limestone Fireplace Mantel

A densely worked new limestone fireplace mantel with almost no plain surface. The header is a field of interlocking vine scrolls and floral rosettes in high relief, edged with rope-twist mouldings, and the frame is carried on heavy S-curved corbel legs, each crowned by a massive spiral volute and cut with vertical fluting that follows the sweep of the stone. A tiered shelf tops it. The limestone is a weathered gray and warm oatmeal, with natural pitting and an open grain.

It measures 68 inches wide, 18 1/2 inches deep and 62 1/2 inches high overall, with a firebox opening 42 inches wide by 47 inches high. This is new French limestone, selected from the one European workshop we use for mantels; call us for current availability, and ask about a custom opening if yours differs.

It belongs in a grand hall, a formal salon or a primary suite that can take an ornate stone fireplace mantel as its anchor, with a coffered ceiling, dark paneling or hand-troweled lime plaster around it. Soft textiles and plain wood keep the room from competing with it. See this limestone fireplace mantel in Marina Del Rey, or send us your drawings and we will quote it delivered.