French Antique Limestone Corbels

Three French antique stone corbels in limestone, each a massive S-curve bracket that rises through deep circular scrolls, with a sharp triangular notch cut into the upper transition. The stone has weathered from pale oatmeal to a moody gray, with dark mineral spotting, lichen and scattered pits. Corners are chipped and the ridges have softened. On the flat rear faces, which sat in the wall, old tool marks show beneath dry, crumbly patches.

Each corbel measures about 13 3/4 inches wide, 22 inches deep and 29 1/2 inches high; about 12 inches of the depth is the projecting bracket and the rest was bedded into the wall. They are three of a kind rather than an exact set. Each is heavy and, if used to carry load, needs a mason and an engineer; as objects they stand on their flat backs.

Set a pair under a deep stone mantel shelf or a kitchen hood, carry a thick oak shelf on all three, or stand them singly as low pedestals for pots in a loggia. Against smooth plaster the lichen and the scrolls read clearly. Stone corbels of this size are hard to find. These antique corbels are in our yard in Marina Del Rey; see all three together, or ask us for photographs of each and a quote.