The travertine console is having a comeback, the low, sculptural, plinth-based silhouette that defined 1970s Italian interiors. It’s the piece designers put behind a sofa or in an entryway to anchor a room in warm, honed stone. The trouble is finding the right one.
The problem with buying vintage
Search “travertine console” and you’ll mostly find vintage: authentic, yes, but at collector prices, often with chips or old repairs, and, the real dealbreaker, only in the size the original happened to be. A console lives in a tight, specific spot; a few inches too long or too tall and it doesn’t work.
Build the look new
You can have the exact vintage silhouette, plinth, waterfall or arch base, honed matte finish, cut new in solid travertine to your dimensions, with no condition risk. Same warmth and presence, sized for your entryway or sofa.
Getting it right
- Base, plinth (solid block ends), waterfall (continuous fall to the floor), or a two-arch base.
- Finish, travertine is almost always honed; we fill and seal for daily use.
- Proportion, height to sit just below your sofa back; length to your wall.
See our travertine furniture and travertine tables, explore custom stone furniture, or book a consultation to build a console to your space.
By Marcelina Funk, Founder. Marcelina Furniture Studio
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