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shagreen

[shuh-green] / ʃəˈgrin /
NOUN
patent leather
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The show’s sublime ensemble of his work illustrates how Frank’s clean lines are complemented by pale and pricey finishes of materials like parchment and shagreen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

The Bay, from Los Angeles-based Made Goods, can be upholstered in a variety of fabrics — mohair, cotton velvet, shagreen — and colors, among them rosewater and turquoise.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2019

Its attenuated cabriole legs, delicate swags, and flowering-urn ornamentation reference the Louis XV period, but the diminutive artifact is surfaced in then-fashion-forward shagreen and ebony.

From Architectural Digest • Aug. 27, 2014

Comers networked in an upper-deck dining area replete with oak, leather and shagreen.

From Forbes • Jun. 26, 2013

She took from her bureau the shagreen case which she had so fondly caressed, and which Ellis concluded to contain some portrait, or cherished keep-sake of Harleigh; and hurried down stairs.

From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny