French Antique Limestone Slab

A French antique limestone slab six feet long and bench deep, in warm wheat, honey and pale cream shading to ash gray, with a darker weathered rim framing the lighter center. The top carries visible losses, deep pitting, worn patches and irregular marks spread across its length; the edges are rough and chipped. None of it is uniform, and that is the appeal: this is a stone that has been sat on, walked over and rained on for a long time.

It measures 72 inches long, 26 1/2 inches deep and 6 1/2 inches high. The long, low proportion suits seating first and a low table second. The sides are heavily textured, so light and shadow move across them through the day. Condition is as found; the losses are part of the piece and we would not fill them. It ships on a pallet and is set with a forklift.

On two low blocks it is a bench by a pool, in a rose garden, or beside an outdoor fireplace. Indoors it works in an entry hall under a painting, or as a stone table for pots and books on a covered porch. This limestone slab is in Marina Del Rey; come and sit on it, or ask us for photographs and a delivered price, with bases if you need them.