Antique French Limestone Block

This antique French limestone block is five thick segments rather than one stone: angled faces that meet to form a pentagon with an open center and no bottom. Each face carries heavy tool marks and coarse pitting, the corners have softened, and the edges run uneven. The color moves from pale sand through dusty beige to a cool earth gray, the palette of stone that has stood outdoors for decades.

Overall it measures 56 1/2 inches wide, 56 1/2 inches deep and 16 inches high. The opening in the center is about 29 1/2 by 13 1/4 inches, which is the planting space if you use it as a surround. The segments are separate, so it travels as five pieces and is set in place by a small crew or a forklift. It is reclaimed French stone, one of a kind.

Limestone blocks of this scale usually end up as a tree surround in a gravel courtyard, as a low planter against clean modern paving, or as a plain geometric object at the end of a lawn. It is in our yard in Marina Del Rey. Come and walk around it, or ask us for photographs of each segment and a delivered quote.