Visitors to the Adobe Hacienda Bed and Breakfast in Sedona, Az. will not only be treated to a special vacation, they will also be exposed to hand picked arts and crafts objects and antiques of the SW American, Indian, and Spanish-Mexican genre. In this article I will describe the objects of beauty found in the inn.
Hacienda is a Spanish word that means big house of a plantation. The Adobe Hacienda Bed and Breakfast in Sedona is, indeed, a large plantation like house made of adobe. What is adobe? Most of us realize that adobe bricks are sun-baked bricks made of mud and water with a bit of vegetable matter such as straw mixed in to the hold the brick's form. What most people don't know is that the word comes from the Middle Egyptian language, and described to the same type of sun-baked bricks that are used even today, especially in southwestern United States.
Saltillo Tiles: Much of the flooring of the Adobe Hacienda Bed and Breakfast Inn in Sedona is constructed of Saltillo tiles. Saltillo tile is a type of terra-cotta tile that comes from Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. The tile is one of the two most famous products of the city, the other one is multi-colored woven sarapesso typical of the region. Saltillo-type tiles are now produced in many locations in Mexico, and high-fire œSaltillo look" tiles, many from Italy, compete with the terra-cotta originals. Saltillo tile varies in colour and shape, but most range from varying hues of reds, to burnt orange and yellows. Tiles are formed either by pressing quarried clay with a wooden frame (super), or carving out the desired shape (regular). Depending on the raw tile's placement among other tiles at the time of firing, its colour ranges from yellow to a rich orange
Pendleton Blankets: The Adobe Hacienda Bed and Breakfast in Sedona features Pendleton blankets in all the guest rooms of the inn. Pendleton blankets are decoratively colored and woven Indian blankets created by the Pendleton Mill in Pendleton, Oregon. The Mill was developed by the Bishop family, a family of weavers, who carried on a tradition brought to America by Thomas Kay, Mr. Bishop's father in law. The family made their reputation producing high quality colorful blankets for many of the Indian tribes in the area, and eventually the blankets became popular among the white settlers as well. The traditional Pendleton blanket is square, without fringes and woven in bright colorful patterns.
Most of the bathrooms in the Adobe Hacienda Bed and Breakfast Inn in Sedona feature original Mexican hand painted sinks. Mexican hand painted sinks come from the Talavera region of Mexico. The clay near Talevera has a special quality that makes it idea for producing durable, attractive, glazed ceramic sinks. The art of hand painted ceramic pottery, which flourished for centuries in Puebla, Mexico, and the Talevera area, originally was imported from Italy and Spain. It is believed that Monks wishing to creative artistic tiles to decorate their monasteries taught the art to the natives.
