French Antique Limestone Pedestal

A French antique stone pedestal in limestone, a plain block a foot square and 19 inches high, with the kind of weathered surface that takes decades to arrive at. The color runs sun-bleached cream through earthen tan to a deep slate gray. Rhythmic tool marks cross the faces, with jagged pits, softened edges and an open, tactile grain. There is no ornament; the block is the whole of it.

It measures 12 inches wide, 12 inches deep and 19 inches high. It is a single piece of antique limestone, dense and heavy for its size, and stands level on a hard floor without fixing. The chips and pits are old and we have left them alone.

Use it under a bronze or a stone head in a gallery or an entry, under a planted pot in a garden room, or on its own in a minimal lounge as an object that happens to be stone. It sits well with white oak, lime plaster and dark metal. A stone pedestal this plain goes with almost anything, which is why we keep several in stock. The limestone pedestal is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; see it beside the others, or ask us for photographs and a quote.