Limestone Fireplace Mantel

A new limestone fireplace mantel with a header that bows outward in a deep convex curve, a thick rounded top that reads almost as sculpture. The legs curve inward beneath it, so the whole silhouette swells at the shelf and tucks in at the floor. There is no applied ornament; the shape does the work. The stone is pale cream and warm beige, fine-grained, with faint natural mottling that shows on the broad face of the header.

It measures just over 71 inches wide, just over 21 inches deep and 66 inches high, with an opening 46 inches wide and 46 inches high. The shelf is unusually deep for a mantel of this size. This is new stone from the European workshop that supplies our new French mantels; the profile can be made to a custom opening on order. It ships in sections with a setting drawing for the mason.

A limestone fireplace surround this plain and this heavy sits well in an estate living room, a large kitchen with a hearth, or a hall over a stone floor in squares or a Versailles pattern. The limestone fireplace mantel is in Marina Del Rey and can be seen by appointment, or ask us for more photographs and a quote.