Framed State of Louisiana honorary appointment certificate naming Michel Roux as Honorary Secretary of State of Louisiana, issued by Secretary of State Fox McKeithen. Dated October 30, 1989, at Baton Rouge and bearing the Louisiana state seal and signature of Fox McKeithen. Presented in a gold-tone frame under glass.
Good pre-owned, previously displayed condition with light wear, minor scratches, and surface markings. Please reference all photos for full condition details.
Size: 25" x 22" x 1 1/4". Weight: 5.3 lbs.
From the personal collection of Michel Roux, the liquor icon. One of Mr. Roux’s signature spirits at Crillon was absinthe, the anise-flavored spirit known for its popularity among 19th-century artists like van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. It was banned by the United States in 1912 amid concerns that wormwood, one if its ingredients, which contained thujone, caused hallucinations. In 2000 Mr. Roux introduced a legal absinthe, Absente, which used a sister botanical, Southern wormwood, with only trace amounts of thujone.
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