Limestone Fireplace Mantel

A new limestone fireplace mantel of plain blocks and clean lines: a flat header, square legs and a simple shelf, with every edge cut sharp and every seam tight. There is no relief work; the piece depends on proportion and on the stone itself. The stone is pale sand and warm ivory, fine-grained, with a velvety matte surface and the fine grit of natural mineral deposits showing here and there across the face.

It measures 65 inches wide, 20 inches deep and 52 inches high, with an opening 45 inches wide and 40 inches high. The 20-inch shelf is deep enough to use as a ledge for a single bronze or a row of ceramics. This is new stone from the European workshop that supplies our new French mantels, and the design can be ordered to a custom opening. It ships in sections with a setting drawing.

This limestone fireplace mantel suits a modern house as readily as a traditional one: a lounge with lime-wash plaster and a coffered ceiling, a long gallery where it serves as a console, or a primary bedroom with smoked oak floors. It is in Marina Del Rey and can be seen by appointment; otherwise we will send photographs and a quote.