French Antique Limestone Troughs (Set)

A set of small French antique limestone troughs, compact rectangular pieces in natural limestone with the simple, functional form that farm troughs have. They are substantial for their size, thick walled and plain, and their age shows in a weathered surface rather than any ornament. Together they give the visual weight and texture of old stone at a scale that does not take over a space.

Each measures approximately 19 1/2 inches long, 11 3/4 inches from front to back and 11 inches high, with an interior depth of about 9 inches. Sizes vary a little from piece to piece, as they would across any set of reclaimed troughs. The set numbers fifteen; we can also sell them in smaller groups.

Small troughs like these work singly on a doorstep or a terrace table, or in a row along a courtyard wall, a path or a garden entrance as a planted border of herbs or seasonal flowers. They also sit well on a windowsill wide enough to take them. The limestone troughs are in our yard in Marina Del Rey; see them by appointment, or ask for photographs and a price for the set or part of it.