Fontenay

Description

APPEARANCE

Fontenay is a trade name which groups actually stones from several quarries located on villages a few kilometers of each other (Magny, St Marc, Semond) but on the same deposit. These stones are very similar and all have the same color The particle size is a little rough stones from the village of Semond.

We distinguish :

  • Fontenay Light ( or Clair ) : light beige background with gray grain
  • Fontenay Gold ( or Dore ) : golden beige background with a little lightly golden grain
  • Fontenay Yellow

Note that in Fontenay from Semond origin, one can find blocks with brown veins (and thus it is Beaumaniere Classico light).

It is customary to cut Fontenay with bed; clear is also crosscut.

Finally we find in some locations of quarries more or less crystal veins. They are semi-hard limestone.

Usual slab sizes are 180-230 cm x125-135 cm; quarry capacity allows to supply small to medium scale projects.

QUARRY LOCATION

Burgundy Area – France

OTHER NAMES OR SIMILAR STONES

 Saint Marc, Magny, Semond, Champagny…

TECHNICAL DATA

USES

All types of Fontenay are semi-hard limestones: They can be used as flooring for medium and residential traffic. As semi-hard limestones, they can be easily aged according to different processes (top face more or less aged, pillowed edges, distressed edges…).

They are particularly decorative: they can be used as vanity tops, kitchen tops (with an appropriate sealer), for fireplaces….

It could be also used for wall cladding.

They are frost resistant and thus could be used outside for wall cladding, residential terraces, pool decks and copings…

AVAILABLE FINISHES

ALSO AVAILABLE IN

  • Rough sawn
  • Shotblasted and brushed
  • Chiseled
  • Laye
  • Antic

REFERENCES

Fontenay Clair Resort Hotel Tokyo
Resort Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Exterior Private Residence Fontenay Gold 3
Exterior Private Residence, USA
Fontenay Clair Tsuchiya Memorial Japan 1
Tsuchiya Memorial, Japan
Fontenay GOld Nasu Golf Club Japan 4
Nasu Golf Club, Japan
Fontenay Gold Rinkyu Gate Tower Osaka Japan 2
Rinkyu Gate Tower, Osaka, Japan
Fontenay Gold Private Residence Bathroom Chicago USA 4
Bathroom, Private Residence, Chicago, USA
Fontenay Clair Hotel Four Seasons in New York USA 100kB
Hotel Four Seasons, New York, USA
Fontenay Gold Private residence Flooring USA 7
Flooring, Private Residence, USA
Fontenay Clair Obihiro Museum Hokkaido Japan 3
Obihiro Museum, Hokkaido, Japan
Fontenay Clair Do Family Harajuku Tokyo Japan 1
Do family, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
Fontenay Gold Main Library San Francisco USA 32 kB
Main Library, San Francisco, USA
Borders Fontenay Gold San Francisco USA
Borders, San Francisco, USA
Miho Museum Japan Fontenay Gold 39
Miho Museum, Japan
Fontenay Clair Evangeslits Saint Sulpice Church Paris France 2
Evangelists Saint Sulpice Church, Paris, France

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