Limestone Fireplace Mantel

A new limestone fireplace mantel with a serpentine lintel that dips deeply at the center, curved legs resting on plain square base blocks, and a thin multi-tiered shelf that follows the line of the arch below. A large acanthus leaf in high relief, flanked by scrolling vines and flower buds, fills the center of the frieze, and the legs carry raised geometric panels of circles and long rectangles stacked down the face. The stone is sandy beige, covered in coarse dark speckling and deep pores, so the ornament has a rustic, worn appearance from the start.

It measures 69 1/2 inches wide, 7 inches deep and 55 inches high, with an opening 53 1/2 inches wide and 42 inches high; at 7 inches deep it sits nearly flat to the wall. This is new stone from the European workshop that makes all of our new French mantels, and the profile can be ordered to a custom opening. It ships in sections with a setting drawing.

Set against a bare plaster wall in a contemporary house it reads as sculpture; it also suits a farmhouse kitchen or a lounge with reclaimed beams. This limestone fireplace mantel is in our showroom in Marina Del Rey; come by appointment, or we will send detail photographs and a quote.