French Antique 19th Century Limestone Trough

A French antique limestone trough from the 19th century, or more exactly a group of matching trough blocks in pale, sun-bleached limestone. The surfaces carry a patina of charcoal mineral staining and natural pitting that has given the stone a soft, almost velvet texture, and each block has a long scooped basin whose raw interior still shows the marks of the tools that hollowed it. The rims are thick and blunt, the corners softened by a long time under open sky.

The blocks are independent units, sold as a group. They can be pushed together into a single multi-channel water feature, lined up as a low stone border, or spaced along a path. We will send the count and the measurements of each block with photographs. It is French, 19th century, as found.

Grouped at the center of a courtyard they make a heavy, many-leveled centerpiece; in a row along a kitchen garden they are a run of raised herb beds; set in a loggia they hold water and a few floating leaves. A stone trough in matching blocks gives you a layout no single piece can. The limestone trough blocks are in our yard in Marina Del Rey; come and arrange them yourself, or ask us for photographs and a quote.