Natural Brown
French Brown
Marble
French Brown is a rich brown marble, valued for its veining and movement. We recommend it for floors, feature walls and vanities. Every slab is hand-selected at source and finished at our Silvassa factory.
Specification
- Type
- Marble
- Tone
- Brown
- Finish
- Polished
- Thickness
- Typically 18–20 mm; other thicknesses on request
- Formats
- Full slabs · cut-to-size · book-matched pairs
- Availability
- Stocked slabs in the Mumbai gallery, or sourced to order from the quarry — enquire for lead time
Made to order. Imagery is indicative — no two slabs of natural stone are alike, and we send photographs of the actual lot before anything is confirmed. Enquire for current availability, slab sizes and finishes; our team replies personally.
Where it works
French Brown, room by room
- Floors
- Polished for a formal living room or a lobby; honed where there is grit underfoot or a doorway open to the monsoon.
- Walls and cladding
- Run as large calm panels behind a bed, a reception desk or along a corridor.
- Bathrooms
- Vanity tops, shower walls and floors, sealed and wiped dry where water stands.
- Staircases
- Treads and risers cut to size, with the vein running the same way on every step.
- Kitchens
- Counters and splashbacks for a cook who wipes lemon and wine as they go; a honed finish hides the etching a dropped lime leaves on a high polish.
- Showpieces
- The pooja room, a dining table top, a fireplace surround.
Finishes and formats
French Brown is supplied polished as standard, honed or leathered on request, as full slabs, cut-to-size, book-matched pairs, typically 18–20 mm; other thicknesses on request. Polished, honed or leathered →
Care
French Brown is a calcium stone: seal it after installation and again every year or two, clean it with a pH-neutral stone soap, and wipe up lemon, vinegar and wine rather than leaving them to etch the polish. A honed finish shows etching least. How to care for natural stone →
Where to see it
French Brown in Mumbai, made in Silvassa
The gallery · Mumbai
Main Marble Market, Vile Parle East
Stocked slabs stand in the gallery to be seen in person; catalogue stones are sourced to order and shown before you commit. Open Mon–Sat, 10 AM – 7 PM.
Plan a gallery visit →The factory · Silvassa
Silvassa–Bhilad Road, Athal
Imported blocks are cut, resin-treated and polished into slabs and cut-to-size pieces at our own plant at Athal, as they have been since 2002. Open daily, 8 AM – 8 PM.
About the factory →Delivered to every state
French Brown across India
Slabs of French Brown are cut and polished at Athal, Silvassa and leave by road for every state in India; the Mumbai gallery, 5 km from the airport, is where to see them first if you are flying in. Pick your city for the road distance to each place, which is nearer, and how an order usually runs from there.
West India
North India
South India
- KarnatakaBengaluru · Mysuru · Mangaluru
- TelanganaHyderabad
- Andhra PradeshVisakhapatnam · Vijayawada
- Tamil NaduChennai · Coimbatore · Madurai
- KeralaKochi · Thiruvananthapuram · Kozhikode
- Puducherry
East India
- West BengalKolkata · Siliguri
- OdishaBhubaneswar
- BiharPatna
- JharkhandRanchi · Jamshedpur
Questions about French Brown
What is French Brown?
French Brown is marble, with a brown tone. It is a crystalline limestone, which is why it takes a mirror polish and why acids etch it. Flora Marble imports it as blocks and slabs and cuts and finishes it at its own factory at Athal, Silvassa.
Can French Brown be used on a kitchen counter?
Yes, with the care marble asks for: wipe lemon, vinegar and wine as you go and keep it sealed; a honed finish hides the etching a dropped lime leaves on a high polish. Many of our clients put French Brown on the island and a harder stone on the working run.
What finishes and sizes does French Brown come in?
French Brown is supplied polished as standard, honed or leathered on request, as full slabs, cut-to-size, book-matched pairs, typically 18–20 mm; other thicknesses on request. Slab sizes vary lot to lot, so we send the measurements and photographs of the actual slabs before anything is confirmed.
Where can I see French Brown slabs?
Stocked slabs stand to be seen at the Flora Marble gallery in Vile Parle East, Mumbai, a few minutes from the airport (open mon–sat, 10 am – 7 pm); a catalogue stone is sourced to order and shown to you before you commit. Every slab is cut and polished at our own factory at Athal, Silvassa, where buyers are welcome.
Does Flora Marble deliver French Brown to Delhi?
Yes. French Brown leaves the Silvassa factory by road for every state in India, Delhi, Bengaluru and Hyderabad included, crated and strapped for the journey. Each city has its own page with the road distance from the factory and the Mumbai gallery and how an order from there usually runs.
How is French Brown priced?
Per project, slab by slab: the slabs selected, their sizes, the finish and the cutting all move the figure, so there is no list price online. Send the drawings or the areas and the finish you have in mind and Flora Marble will quote the French Brown it would select for you, with photographs of those slabs.
