Shagreen Shagreen Shagreen is a type of rawhide consisting of rough untanned skin, historically from a horse's or onager's back, or from shark or ray. In modern times, shagreen is produced from the skins of commercially-farmed Asian sting rays. The word derives from the French "chagrin" and is related to Italian "zigrino" and Venetian "sagrin", derived from the Turkic "sağrı" / "çağrı" 'rump of a horse' or the prepared skin of this part. The roughness of its texture led to the French meaning of anxiety, vexation, embarrassment, or annoyance. Shagreen has an unusually rough and granular surface, and is sometimes used
The Shagreen Bone The Shagreen Bone The Shagreen Bone (, ) Op. 37-38 (1990) is a full-length ballet in three acts and an opera "entr’acte" in one act by Yuri Khanon, to a libretto by the composer based on Balzac’s 1831 novel "The Shagreen Skin". The ballet (Op.37) and the "entr’acte" (Op.38) were written in 1990 on commission from the Mikhaylovsky Theatre in Leningrad. The libretto is based entirely on the dialogues between the two characters – Pauline and Raphael. In 1992, an avant-garde film-opera "The Shagreen Bone" was shot at the Saint Petersburg Documentary Film Studio, with Yuri Khanon in the main