Limestone Sink

A large limestone sink with a deep rectangular basin and a roughly textured exterior, cut from a single block of pale stone. The color is warm cream shading into sand, and the outside walls have been left with a worked, uneven face so the piece reads as a mass of stone rather than a finished box. Inside, the basin is smooth. The contrast between the two surfaces is the design.

It measures 39 inches wide, 23 1/2 inches deep and 8 inches high. This is new stone, selected from a European workshop; it is dense enough for a kitchen or a garden, takes a sealer well, and is heavy, so plan on a masonry or thick timber base and two people to set it.

At this size it is a kitchen sink, a scullery basin or a flower-room sink first, and a very good candidate for a covered outdoor kitchen where the textured sides can catch the light. It would also work as a single wide basin in a shared bath. Lime plaster, oak and aged brass suit the cream. A stone sink of this scale is best seen in person; it is in our yard in Marina Del Rey, and we will send photographs of the limestone sink and a quote delivered when you ask.