Traditional Materials & Designs offers Antiqued Jerusalem Stone. This fine limestone is exquisite in texture and makeup. This reclaimed stone is salvaged from old estates and catherdrals in Israel and surrounding areas. Warm colors and textures resonate from the Jerusalem stone.

France produces some of the most beautiful limestone in the world. These harvested sourced material have been used since antiquity and of a discerning clinetele that are lucky enough to purchase.

Jerusalem stone is a name applied to various types of pale limestone, dolomite and dolomitic limestone, common in and around Jerusalem, Israel, that have been used in building since ancient times. One of these limestones, meleke, has been used in many of the region’s most celebrated structures, including the Western Wall.

While meleke is scarce today, other types of Jerusalem stone continue to be used in construction and incorporated in Judaica such as menorahs and seder plates.

Today this rare stone is used for Traditional and Tuscan style Estates all over the world.