Entries by The Ellwanger Estate

Meliora Weekend 2013 with Robert Gates as Keynote Speaker

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It’s a great day here at the Ellwanger! Carrie has returned to help us out with Meliora Weekend! Which just so happens to be this weekend from Thursday October 10, until Sunday, October 13. There will be multiple events going on all weekend to include exhibits at the Memorial Art Gallery, U of R Reunion Dinners, Concerts, and sport events. The keynote address is by Robert Gates. Make reservations now so you don’t miss a minute of it!

At long last the King has arrived

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Al long last the King has arrived! Not Elvis, Larry, Stephen, or Tut. But Prana in the way of a king size mattress. It’s been four years in the making, with many customer requests, research, and creative financing-the King arrives tomorrow. Destination? The Woodland Suites of course. The grandest room of them all. So the queen must step aside. But no worries, she will have the newly decorated, ultra lavish Garden Room. But that is another story, and will follow shortly. For now, sweet dreams.

Ellwanger Luxury just notched up

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Ellwanger Luxury just notched up. My long awaited Sferra linens have a arrived! Luxury just notched up. Now the rest of the story…

SFERRA – As the turn of the century approached, Gennaro Sferra left Italy to visit the U.S., in hope of attracting a market for his intricate Venetian lace cuffs and collars. He found his ideal clientele in the grand seaside resorts that once dotted the East Coast from Maine to Palm Beach, and he traveled regularly to sell his goods. In 1905, he opened Factory 5007 San Severo, located in the shadow of the Rialto Bridge in Venice. And in 1912, Gennaro moved his company and his family to a shop on Fifth Avenue in New York. A generation later, Gennaro?s two sons, Enrico and Albert, expanded their father’s collection to include the most luxurious European linens of the day from renowned double damask from Ireland to Alenton laces from France to beautiful embroideries from Belgium and Switzerland.

Rochester’s First Christmas Tree

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In 1840 Rochesterians witnessed a new custom to celebrate Christmas, when a group of recent German immigrants decorated their small church with an evergreen tree according to their old- world tradition. The church was the Zion Lutheran Church at Grove and Stillson Streets, one of the parent churches of Incarnate Word Lutheran Church. All Rochesterians […]