Shells & Mother of Pearl

Mother of Pearl has a rare quality that stone, ceramic and glass can only imitate: a living iridescence. Its surface shifts between milky whites, silvers, soft champagnes and oil-slick greens and blues, changing with the angle of light and the movement of the room. It is both luminous and tactile, offering glamour without glare.

Traditionally, shell was reserved for delicate inlay and small decorative accents. Today, modern bonding systems and substrate technologies allow Mother of Pearl and other shells to be engineered into robust architectural surfaces: tiles, mosaics, wall panels and cladding, as well as furniture skins and joinery detailing. This opens the door to larger scale applications without losing the hand-crafted character that makes shellwork so distinctive.

Within the collection you will find everything from clean butt-jointed grids and micro mosaics to sculpted cabochon tesserae, raised relief basket-weaves, interlocking arabesques, and carved rosette “rose” fields. We also work with mixed materials, pairing shell with stone, metal, mirror, and brass pin detailing to create surfaces that feel like jewellery set into architecture.

De Ferranti’s design and special commission service offers shellwork in an extensive range of colours, textures and patterns, made to order. Suitable for feature walls, niches, splashbacks, vanity cladding, bar fronts, reception desks, screens and bespoke furniture, with formats and backing tailored to the intended use.

Abalone Butt-Jointed Mosaic

Abalone shell crackled with natural grout

Abalone shell crackled with pink grout

Abulón Shell

Aurum Shell

Axehead Mosaic – White Mother of Pearl

Axehead Mosaic – White Mother of Pearl and Abalone

Axehead Mosaic – White Mother of Pearl and Coconut Shell

Basket Weave White Silver Shell

Black Lip Mother of Pearl – Rough Crackled Field Mosaic (Natural Grout)

Black Lip Mother of Pearl Mosaic (large)

Brown Lip Hinge – No Grout

Brown Lip Mother of Pearl Mosaic

Capiz Scales Smoke

Capiz Shell – 5cm Square Design – Smoke

Capiz Shell Champagne Clouds – Shells Collection

Capiz Shell Mosaic – Pearl Brick

Capiz Shell White Clouds

Capiz Window Scale – White

Chairo Shell

Chocolate Brown Rough Crackle Shell

Coconut, Shell and Bone Relief Panel

Cracklé Black Shell

Cracklé Brown Chairo Shell

Cracklé Gold Mother of Pearl

Cracklé Rosa Abalone Shell

Cracklé Verde Abalone Shell

Crackled Yellow Mother of Pearl

Cream Shell – Mother of Pearl Mosaic

Eclipse Grid – Antique Brass, Black MOP & Ebony

Fine Floral Mother of Pearl Mosaic

Gold Lip Mother of Pearl Mosaic

Hammer Shell Tile

Interlocking White Mother of Pearl Roses

Kabebe Shell – Fan Design Mosaic (White Grout)

Kabebe Shell – Wave Design Mosaic (Red Grout)

Kabebe Shell – Weave Design Mosaic (Red Grout)

Kirkos Shell

Kirkos Shell (Monochrome)

MOP Black Lip crackled with black grout

MOP Tahiti Black Lip squares with black grout

MOP Tahiti Black Lip squares with black grout – Diagonal

MOP White and Tahiti Black Lip Squares – Natural Grout

MOP Yellow Crackled Mosaic With Yellow Grout

MOP Yellow Crackled with Yellow Grout

Mother of Pearl Arabesque – Ottoman-Inspired Mosaic

Mother of Pearl Butt-Jointed Mosaic – Smoke and Honey

Mother of Pearl Cabochon Mosaic

Mother of Pearl Floral Panel

Mother of Pearl Micro Mosaic – Butt-Jointed

Mother of Pearl Mini Mosaic 1cm

Nacre ~ Mother of Pearl

Nacre ~ Mother of pearl (butt jointed)

Nacre ~ Mother of Pearl Butt Jointed 1x1cm

Natural Brass with White MOP & Black Pen Shell

Ottoman Repeat Mother of Pearl with black pins

Panay White

Paua Shell Triangle – Crazy Cut

Penny Round White Shell

Pinctada Shell

Pink Blush MOP Mini Mosaic 1cm

Pink Blush Shell Bricks

Quadra Shell

Random Mother of Pearl Mosaic

Red Capiz Shell

Scacchiera Shell

Sea Urchin Shell Mosaic With Clear Lacquer

Shell border – Champagne Gold Shell Mosaic (Rounded Tessera)

Shell Border – Green Marble, Mother of Pearl & White Serpentine – Interlace Crescent

Shell border – Mother of Pearl Leaf Corner Inlay in Crema Marfil

Shell border – Mother of Pearl Leaf Scroll Inlay in Jet Black Marble

Shell border – Mother of Pearl Micro Mosaic Inlay with White Marble and Emperador Brown

Shell border – Ottoman Wave in Serpentine and Crystal Marble with Mother of Pearl Tramline

Shell border – Rounded Gold Shell Mosaic Strip

Shell border – Serpentine and Crystal Marble Diamonds with Mother of Pearl Inserts

Shell border – Serpentine and Crystal Marble Lattice with Mother of Pearl Scatter

Shell border – Serpentine and Crystal Marble Wave with Mother of Pearl Centres

Shell border – Serpentine Chain Weave with Mother of Pearl Inlay on Jet Black Marble

Shell border – Serpentine Lattice with Mother of Pearl Field and Square Centres

Shell border – Serpentine Opus Sectile with Mother of Pearl Camellias and Brass Pin

Shell border – Smoked Bronze Shell Mosaic (Rounded Tessera)

Shell Suited

Shell trim – Mother of Pearl Micro Mosaic Strip

Soft-Edge Mother of Pearl Mosaic 2cm

Tijolo Shell

Troca Shell – Herringbone Inlay (Gloss Finish)

Troca Shell – Square Design

Troca Shell Rings – Black Grout

Troca Shell Rings – White Resin Grout

Troca Shell Rings with Gold Grout

Violet Oyster – Rough Crackled with Natural Grout

Violet Oyster – rough square

Wavy White Capiz Relief

White MOP – Classic Brick Format

White Mother of Pearl – Crackled Crazy Cut Mosaic (White Grout)

White Mother of Pearl Butt-Jointed Mosaic

White Shell Basketweave – Raised Relief Mosaic

White Shell Mini Mosaic Softened

Young Pen – Deep Weave Mosaic with Brown Grout

Young Pen crackled amber – yellow grout

Young Pen weave design – brown grout

By Appointment

DE FERRANTI
South Park Studios - Suite 10
88 Peterborough Road, London SW6 3HH
United Kingdom

ask@deferranti.com
+44 (0) 207 384 4424