Limestone Fireplace Mantel

A new limestone fireplace mantel in two tiers, the lower hearth and an overmantel that together reach well over eight feet. The hearth has deeply curved serpentine legs framing the firebox and a shell motif in relief at the center of the header. Above the shelf, the overmantel is a tall block with a recessed, arch-topped panel and a heavy crown cornice that carries the eye up the wall. The stone is pale cream and warm beige, fine-grained and smooth, with faint natural mottling.

The lower mantel measures 71 inches wide, 21 inches deep and 56 1/2 inches high, with an opening 48 inches wide and 44 1/2 inches high; the overmantel measures 59 1/2 inches wide, 13 1/2 inches deep and 50 inches high, for a combined height of about 106 1/2 inches. This is new stone from the European workshop that supplies our new French mantels, and it can be made to a custom opening. The recessed panel is sized to take a mirror or a portrait.

It is a piece for a formal room with a high ceiling, a historic restoration, or a paneled hall with tall windows. See the limestone fireplace mantel in Marina Del Rey by appointment, or send us your ceiling height and we will send photographs and a quote.