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Antolini Taupe limestone honed slab at Royal Stone Los Angeles, near-uniform warm taupe body with faint hairline veining

Antolini Taupe is the quiet end of the limestone family — a warm, near-uniform taupe body with only the faintest hairline veining and almost no figure. The slab reads as a single calm plane from across the yard, with the warmth and depth that separates limestone from plaster and from porcelain.

The matte finish is the canonical call for limestone — soft to the touch, low-glare, and forgiving in daylight.
From the slab arrival, 2024

Honed. The matte finish is the canonical call for limestone — soft to the touch, low-glare, and forgiving in daylight. The right finish for bath floors, full-height bath walls, shower surrounds, fireplace faces, and any vertical application that wants to disappear rather than perform. Honed limestone pairs naturally with rift oak, plaster, unlacquered brass, and the warm neutral palettes that have replaced bright white as the dominant interior direction.

Limestone is calcareous, structurally softer than marble, and reacts to acidic exposure — specify with normal cautions around citrus, wine, and acidic cleaners. On the floor in Los Angeles. Dimensions confirmed in person at the yard.

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