1
: an untanned leather covered with small round granulations and usually dyed green
2
: the rough skin of various sharks and rays when covered with small close-set tubercles
shagreen
adjective
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Knoll and Jean-Michel Frank chairs are covered in a woven tweed; a desk, lavishly covered in his signature shagreen — or sanded sharkskin — punctuates the main room.
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Rose Apodaca Jones, WWD, 16 Aug. 2024
Expect a cerulean and chrome color pallet accented by mercurial mirrors, pops of coral, and brass with surfaces lined in gray wood veneer, pearlescent shagreen, and Arabescato marble, conferring a feminine yet art deco aesthetic.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2024
Materials like mother-of-pearl panels and shagreen were added for softness.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2023
The modern spaces are accented by mercury-glass mirrors and brass bowtie drawer pulls, while surfaces are covered with gray wood veneer, pearlescent shagreen, and Arabescato marble.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2023
The table is swathed in shagreen, which has become synonymous with Aerin, from luxury shagreen backgammon sets to pieces of decor to furniture.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2022
And for players drawn toward minimal elegance, Aerin’s tiles are made with white melamine and contained in a shagreen box.
—Lindsey Tramuta Jameson Montgomery Juan A. Ramírez Ellie Pithers Gisela Williams Amy Fang, New York Times, 25 May 2023
Patinaed urns demarcate the dining space, and an antique shagreen table offers a refined landing spot in the salon at the rear of the great room, where a conical reflector from an old lighthouse becomes art and vintage seabird figurines from the Paris zoo perch on the fireplace mantel.
—Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2022
Aerin makes a fancy Jenga, the classic balancing game, with blocks made of beech, stored in a cream or brown shagreen box with brass detailing.
—Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2019
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Rose Apodaca Jones, WWD, 16 Aug. 2024
Expect a cerulean and chrome color pallet accented by mercurial mirrors, pops of coral, and brass with surfaces lined in gray wood veneer, pearlescent shagreen, and Arabescato marble, conferring a feminine yet art deco aesthetic.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2024
Materials like mother-of-pearl panels and shagreen were added for softness.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2023
The modern spaces are accented by mercury-glass mirrors and brass bowtie drawer pulls, while surfaces are covered with gray wood veneer, pearlescent shagreen, and Arabescato marble.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2023
The table is swathed in shagreen, which has become synonymous with Aerin, from luxury shagreen backgammon sets to pieces of decor to furniture.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2022
And for players drawn toward minimal elegance, Aerin’s tiles are made with white melamine and contained in a shagreen box.
—Lindsey Tramuta Jameson Montgomery Juan A. Ramírez Ellie Pithers Gisela Williams Amy Fang, New York Times, 25 May 2023
Patinaed urns demarcate the dining space, and an antique shagreen table offers a refined landing spot in the salon at the rear of the great room, where a conical reflector from an old lighthouse becomes art and vintage seabird figurines from the Paris zoo perch on the fireplace mantel.
—Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2022
Aerin makes a fancy Jenga, the classic balancing game, with blocks made of beech, stored in a cream or brown shagreen box with brass detailing.
—Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2019
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“Shagreen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shagreen. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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