French Antique Limestone Slab

A French antique limestone slab with a top honed smooth and left matte, in warm greige and sand tones speckled with small mineral deposits. The restraint of the top makes the edges the event: the perimeter has been roughly worked and left as broken stone, chipped and irregular, with the coarse inner grain exposed all the way around. The contrast between the two surfaces is what you notice first.

It measures 49 3/4 inches wide, 35 inches deep and 5 inches high. It is a simple rectangle, and the thickness gives it enough mass to sit directly on a floor or on a low frame without looking thin. The chips at the edge are part of the piece and we would leave them as they are. It is French and has been outdoors; expect the color to be a shade cooler in the shade and warmer in sun.

As a low stone table on a minimal steel base, the rough edge becomes the detail of the room. It also serves as a fireplace hearth, a heavy threshold, or outdoors as a garden plinth or a single landing step. This limestone slab has sold. We usually have comparable slabs in Marina Del Rey or on the way from France; let us know what you need and we will send what is current.