French Antique Limestone Block

A tall French antique limestone block, 41 inches high on a footprint not quite a foot square, so it stands like a narrow column rather than lying like a step. The stone runs pale cream, sandy beige and muted gray with darker mineral marks, and the surface is weathered right through: pits, small cavities, softened edges and darker patches on each face. The form is a plain rectangle; there is no ornament, and the stone does not need it.

It measures 11 3/4 inches wide, 11 3/4 inches deep and 41 inches high. It is one piece, heavy for its size, and stands level on a hard floor without fixing. It is reclaimed French stone with the irregular texture of a block cut by hand and left outdoors a long time.

Use it as a display pedestal for a sculpture or an urn in an entry, a gallery or a courtyard, where its height lifts the object into view; stand it in gravel among clipped greenery as a plain vertical; or set two of our limestone blocks of similar height as a pair either side of a garden door. Lime plaster, aged oak and bronze sit well against it. It is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; come and see it, or ask for photographs and a quote.