French Antique Limestone Sink

A French antique limestone sink with a simple rectangular basin and a softly weathered surface. The stone has gone the warm, uneven color that old limestone takes on, with a gentle patina and an open texture that shows its age; there is no ornament, only the plain profile of a working basin from a French house. The edges have rounded with use.

It measures 29 1/4 inches wide, 19 3/4 inches deep and 5 1/2 inches high, a low basin that sits comfortably on a counter or drops into one. We brought it back from France and left the surface as we found it, patina and all. As with any antique sink, the rim is not machine level and the bowl carries the small marks of its first life.

It belongs in a powder room or a rustic kitchen, on a reclaimed oak base with aged brass taps and a plaster wall behind it, or in a guest bath where one honest piece of old stone is enough. This stone sink has sold. We usually have similar French limestone sinks in the yard or on the water; ask and we will send what is current.