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Ancient crest
of the
de Nux family
3 upturned crescents symbolize the family’s service during 3 crusades
a chevron refers to the construction of the Chateau de Nux
a walnut tree recalls the origins of the family name drawn from the walnut-covered estate in Barran, France
the crown of a count (representing the family’s caste) surmounts the crest; unicorns depict the virtues of chastity, courtliness, fearlessness in battle, gentleness, nobility.
NEC FULMEN TIMEO:
“Not even the lightning do I fear.”
De Nux Origins
From walnut-covered estate to old-growth, cypress swamps …
Having served God and King for centuries, defending Christendom during three crusades, La Famille de Nux was a perfect microcosm of the Western ideal: lords of a rural county faithfully discharging their duties to the lower and the higher orders alike - which is why, perhaps, the destruction of this family was an object of the thugs of the French Revolution who ousted Dominique de Nux from the ancestral lands.
Less than a century later, the de Nux heir, Émeric, made the difficult decision to uproot the living tree of Tradition and plant it in the wet and fertile soil of Louisiana.
“The Revolution was repelled, but not vanquished.”
His farewell to Europe (an essay defending the principle of Authority and the office of the papacy) entitled “Rome or Malta” indicates a recollected mind, an intellect totally comprehending its origin and place in history and, moreover, the necessity of maintaining the mission:
”Let us take care: the Revolution moves in leaps and bounds; she slips in everywhere, she overwhelms us. All of the institutions, all of the laws, all of the thrones are menaced by her. An abyss opens here beneath our feet; Anarchy; in perhaps a few more days, after a few efforts, she will cast us into it. Now is not the time merely to despise her, to scorn her, to disregard her; we must enter the fray, we must fight. We cannot wait to resist, or resistance will no longer be possible.”- Émeric de Nux, 1866
De Nux Artisans
At De Nux Artisans, Ross McKnight (3X great-grandson of Émeric de Nux) and his team fight against the war on beauty, the attack of ugliness waged by the Revolution, recalling and transporting the architectural and design ideals of Western Tradition into the present via works of wood - for the honor and the glory and the love of God.