Reclaimed Limestone Fireplace

A reclaimed stone fireplace mantel in pale limestone: ivory, chalk, soft sand and light gray, with darker weathering settled into the pores and the joints. The shelf projects with a layered molding that runs across the top and turns firmly at each end. Below it the frieze is plain and wide. The legs are long rectangular sections with a rougher outer face and smoother inner returns, standing on separate block feet that ground the piece at the floor.

It measures 60 1/4 inches wide, 17 3/4 inches deep and 59 inches high. The opening is 45 inches wide and 49 1/2 inches high, with returns of about 14 1/2 inches and a shelf overhang of around 4 1/2 inches.

This antique fireplace mantel suits a sitting room, a library, a bedroom or a dining room where a pale surround can hold the wall quietly. Lime plaster, aged oak, old brick and dark iron all sit well with it, and it works either around a working firebox or as a dry surround. This stone fireplace mantel has sold. We usually have plain reclaimed limestone mantels of this size in the yard or on the water; ask and we will send what is current.