Tortoiseshell Is the Luxurious Retro Trend Making a Huge Comeback in 2026 – 24 Pieces to Decorate Your Way to a Richer Interior
The marbled finish that once defined quiet luxury is right back at home. Here are 24 modern ways to use it now
The 'stealth wealth', 'quiet luxury' trend hit hard in 2024, and while this old money style adapted to the bolder trends of 2025, there's a certain material associated with this iconic look that's getting a lot of love going into 2026 – tortoiseshell.
An eyewear signature of the 1920s that went on to saturate the most glamorous interiors of the ’50s and ’60s. The original material was banned in the ’70s (for obvious reasons), but its legacy lives on in those molten, marbled swirls of amber and brown that still signal indulgence without trying too hard.
Ahead, Homes & Gardens has rounded up 24 tortoiseshell decor pieces that deliver the same old-money polish of the original interior design trend – sans inheritance, sans price tag. Your grandmother would approve. We won’t tell her how much they cost.
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