{"product_id":"roman-plinth-beige-travertine","title":"The Roman Plinth — Beige Travertine","description":"\u003cp\u003eCalcium carbonate in its most unmediated form is the color of warm ivory. At Tivoli, in the Lazio hills east of Rome, the same thermal springs that fed the ancient aqueducts deposited mineral-rich water layer by layer over millennia — and the limestone that formed from that process carries a color you cannot manufacture: cream, sand, bone, the natural tone of carbonated minerals slowly pressurized into stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis travertine was cut from the same geological formation that supplied the Colosseum. The quarries at Tivoli are still active — the stone is the same. What changes is how it is used. Here, a single block is worked into a plinth: 17.7\" × 12.6\" × 12.6\" (45 × 32 × 32 cm), 121 lbs (55 kg). Four sides are left raw — the pores open where gas bubbles escaped the mineralizing water, the surface textured, geological. The top is hand-sanded to a matte finish: flat, receptive, without gloss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a room, beige travertine reads as resolved without effort. It absorbs light rather than reflecting it. It does not compete with the objects placed on it or beside it. It sits in the same tonal register as linen, plaster, bleached oak — without mimicking any of them. This is what two thousand years of Roman construction understood: the stone does not need to announce itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced in 4–6 weeks. White-glove delivery (two persons) at $300 flat rate to the USA, Canada, and Australia. A 10×10 cm sample is available at $30, credited in full against your order.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobia Stones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48824862802152,"sku":null,"price":2900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/8770\/9160\/files\/TobiaStoneRomanPlinthtravertinesidetableonblackoakbase_naturalstoneblock_d9dab7ff-1b71-4ca4-bc51-2690f8e3eabe.png?v=1785463969","url":"https:\/\/tobia-stones.com\/products\/roman-plinth-beige-travertine","provider":"Tobia Stones","version":"1.0","type":"link"}