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A rmadillo, known for hand-knotted rugs in natural fibers, has traded its tiny 2 3 0 - s q u a r e - f o o t Dallas atelier for an 1,800-square-foot showroom on Dragon Street in the Dallas Design District — room enough to show its full collection in Texas for the first time. The new showroom takes its cues from a tailor shop, with rugs hanging from garment-style rails like suits awaiting a fitting. There's also a private room for the company's trade program, where designers can work with the Armadillo team on custom colorways, sizes, shapes, and pile heights. Among the new rugs on those rails is Venezia, Armadillo's first pure- silk collection. Inspired by the way Venetian painters captured light, the collection forgoes pattern in favor of a single, uninterrupted field of color. The silk pile shifts lighter or darker as light moves across the room, and well-traveled paths eventually develop a soft patina. Five colorways are offered, including Rosewood, Vermillion, and Serpentine, plus 15 custom hues with such delicious names as Marzipan, Topaz, and Duck Egg. Founded in 2009 by Jodie Fried and Sally Pottharst, the women-led company makes every rug by hand in India and Nepal. Armadillo, 1327 Dragon St., armadillo-co.com. Rebecca Sherman Armadillo Digs In Armadillo's new Venezia silk rug collection Armadillo's Venezia was photographed in a historic palace north of Milan, a villa on Lake Como, and Venice itself. Hand-knotted in India, rugs come in five stocked colorways, plus 15 custom hues. 106