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Article: FISH-SKIN VENEER IS COSTLY COVERING.(AT HOME)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- September 15, 2001
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Byline: Rosemary Sadez Friedmann Scripps Howard News Service
The most expensive material to be applied to furniture or accessories might be something called shagreen - fish skin.
It comes from a rather rare spotted dogfish, if it is truly authentic, but may be skinned from shark or ray as the epidermis are very similar and only a really trained eye can tell the difference.
It is so costly because it would take many skins to cover, say, a buffet, and the workmanship must be done by someone trained to work with these skins.
This stuff is so expensive that it is said that a fine piece of furniture veneered in this shagreen could cost as ...