Antique Mediterranean Limestone Fireplace

An antique stone fireplace mantel from the Mediterranean with strict geometric proportions and a minimal silhouette. The surround is block built: thick slab-like jambs rise from base plinths to stepped capitals just beneath a flat rectangular lintel, and a tiered projecting shelf caps the whole. The pale limestone is layered chalky white and light sand, marked with dark gray smudges and deep staining. Surface pitting, chipped edges and real wear across the unpolished grain give the heavy slabs a rough, weathered face.

It measures 48 inches wide, 18 3/4 inches deep and 41 3/4 inches high, with an opening of 35 by 36 1/4 inches, a compact size that fits a standard modern firebox or a gas insert. It is reclaimed whole, jambs, lintel and shelf, from a Mediterranean house.

The clean rigid lines let it sit in a contemporary room as easily as in a formal living room or a study, around a working firebox or as a freestanding dry element against a plain wall. Smooth plaster and simple iron hearth tools leave the rough limestone to do the talking. This antique limestone fireplace is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; come and see the stone fireplace mantel in person, or ask us for photographs and a delivered price.