Stone parasol bases carved to hold the canopy and suit the terrace.

The workshop's garden collection records sandstone bases in an open octagonal lotus, a square palm motif, a round fluted skirt, a stepped acanthus scroll and a fluted melon sphere, a layered lotus bowl on an octagonal plinth, and a white marble sphere on a stepped plinth. Several are photographed in use: poolside under a crimson canopy, on a terrace, beside water and beneath wisteria.

Those pieces show the useful range rather than a fixed catalogue. The same motifs can be rescaled, recombined or replaced with a pattern taken from the surrounding architecture, provided the finished stone still reaches the weight the parasol needs.

The required ballast comes from the parasol maker's guidance for that canopy size and from how exposed the terrace is. The workshop sizes the stone volume to meet that figure; it does not replace the manufacturer's or the project engineer's stability advice. A wide, low base resists tipping better than a tall one of the same weight, so footprint and height are drawn together.

The pole seat is detailed before carving: pole diameter, whether a metal sleeve or a bored socket receives it, how rainwater leaves the socket and how the stone is protected from the metal. A heavy base can also be designed in stacked sections so it can be moved and set without lifting equipment.

Rajasthan sandstone is the usual choice outdoors: it weathers rather than stains and keeps a warm matt surface around pools and planting. White marble suits covered terraces and courtyards, but it is calcareous, so pool water, acidic rain and leaf staining will mark a polished face over time. Top surfaces are shaped to shed water rather than hold it.

Sandstone should sit in its natural bed, as it was quarried, so the carved face does not spall. Finish can range from crisp tooling to a softer hand-worked texture that reads well close to seating.

There is no fixed minimum. Hospitality decks often need a run of identical bases; the profile is machined for repeatability and hand-finished so every base reads the same across the terrace.

For a quotation, send the parasol model or pole diameter, canopy size, the manufacturer's ballast figure, any footprint limit, the preferred form and stone, quantity and delivery location. Export orders are crated around each base's centre of gravity; placement on site remains with the client's team.