Antique Limestone Table Slab

An antique limestone slab that works as a stone table, thick and heavily weathered from a long life outdoors. The limestone is a porous gray under a deep, dark patina, and a layer of green moss has taken hold across the surface, settling into deep pitting and a coarse, open grain. The edges are roughly hewn and uneven, so the slab looks less like a piece of furniture than like something lifted straight out of the ground.

It measures 64 inches long, 32 inches wide and 8 inches thick. The moss is alive and will keep going in a damp, shady spot; in full sun it will dry back and the gray will show through. Set on a pair of stone piers it stands at dining or console height; set lower, on blocks, it becomes a wide bench or a plinth. It is very heavy and is placed by machine.

It belongs in a planted garden rather than on a bare patio: at the end of a gravel walk, under trees, beside a pool of water where the moss will thrive. Wrought iron and unfinished teak keep it company without competing. This limestone table slab has sold. We usually have similar stone table slabs in the yard or on the water; ask and we will send what is current.