French Antique Foundation Slab

Of the French antique limestone blocks in our yard, this foundation slab is the one with a wedge to it: the top slopes gently from one long side to the other, so the thickness changes by two inches across the piece. The palette is ash gray, pale cream and warm beige, peppered with dark lichen-like spotting and small rust-colored mineral marks. The surface carries faint ripples, natural pits and uneven undulations; the corners are softened and the edges are split, not sawn.

It measures 57 1/4 inches long and 33 inches deep, and it runs from 6 3/4 inches to 8 3/4 inches high. It came out of a French building. We have left the surface as found. It is set by machine onto a prepared base, and the wedge can be leveled in the bedding or left as it is.

It makes a hearth extension in front of a wide firebox, a threshold at a garden door, or a pedestal for an urn or a piece of sculpture in a courtyard. Aged brick, plaster and dark timber sit well against it. Among limestone blocks, this is a manageable size for an interior. It is in Marina Del Rey; come and see it, or ask us for photographs, the slope measurements and a quote with freight.