French Antique Foundation Slab

Of the French antique limestone blocks in the yard, this foundation slab has one of the richer surfaces: warm bone, pale oat and smoky gray, scattered with dark charcoal mineral specks. The top has weathered smooth with light scuffs; the sides are deeply pitted and cut with linear grooves, and the corners are fractured.

It measures 57 inches long, 33 inches deep and about 9 1/4 inches high, with a slight variation to 8 3/4 inches across the thickness. It came out of a French building and we have left the surface as found. It is set by machine onto a prepared base, or indoors onto a floor built for the weight.

Beneath a modern firebox it makes a deep hearth plinth; on a low frame it is the base of a coffee table with real mass; outdoors it is a pedestal for an urn or a piece of sculpture in a courtyard. Dark wide-plank oak, raw iron and thick linen set it off. Among antique limestone slabs of this size, the surface on this one is worth seeing in person. It is in Marina Del Rey; come by appointment, or ask us for photographs and a quote delivered. We can also pair it with other limestone blocks of similar tone for a run of steps.