French Antique Limestone Trough

A large French antique limestone trough with broad, grounded proportions and a surface aged by a long life outdoors. The stone has weathered to the soft, uneven tones that old French limestone takes on, with natural variation across the faces rather than one flat color. The profile is simple and strong: a thick-walled rectangle with no ornament, which is what lets it sit so easily beside old masonry and established planting.

It measures 71 inches long, 36 inches from front to back and 25 1/2 inches high. Inside, the basin is about 62 by 26 1/2 inches and 19 3/4 inches deep, a real volume of soil for a tree or a mixed planting. It is a reclaimed piece with the wear you would expect, and it is very heavy; it travels on a pallet and is set with a forklift or crane.

A stone trough of this scale is a garden feature in its own right. It would anchor a terrace, stand beside an entrance drive, or take the center of a walled kitchen garden planted with an olive and underplanted with herbs. The limestone trough is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; come and walk around it, or ask us for photographs and a delivered price.