French Antique Foundation Slab

A French antique foundation slab from our stock of limestone blocks, cut as a single broad rectangle and thick enough at 6 3/4 inches to read as a block rather than a paving stone. The top is flat and open, the kind of plain surface that lets the stone do the talking: aged French limestone with the warmth and depth that a long time outdoors gives it. There is no moulding and no ornament, only the proportions and the material.

It measures 78 3/4 inches wide, 39 1/2 inches deep and 6 3/4 inches high. It came out of a French building as a foundation stone, which is why the faces are plain and the mass is generous; a limestone slab this thick is rarely found in one piece. As with all of our antique stone, expect weathering, edge wear and the odd old chip, and please ask us about the condition of the top if you have a table in mind. A block this size travels on a pallet and is set with a forklift or crane.

At well over six feet long, limestone blocks like this one make a dining table for eight on a steel or oak base, a counter in a garden kitchen, or a landing stone at the foot of an exterior stair. It also works set into a lawn or gravel court as a single great step. The slab is in our yard in Marina Del Rey, where we are glad to show it; we can also send measured photographs and a delivered quote.