Antique Italian Stone Table Top

An antique Italian stone table top, a thick slab of limestone in weathered cream and pale gray with a coarse, mineral surface. The face is naturally pitted and crossed by irregular grooves, the corners have rounded off, and the outline is slightly organic rather than square; along the edges you can still see the blunt marks left when the slab was first shaped.

It measures 40 1/4 inches by 44 1/2 inches and 3 1/2 inches thick, which is a good size for a low table or a square dining top for four. It comes from Italy; this is the top only, and we can suggest an iron frame, a pair of stone piers or a reclaimed base to carry it. It is heavy, and it travels on a pallet.

As a coffee table in a room with plain walls and a few good chairs, or as the center of a loggia or a terrace, a limestone table like this gives a modern floor plan something old to sit around. Cast iron and reclaimed white oak are natural companions. The stone table top is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; see it by appointment, or ask us for photographs and a quote with freight.