(Well, I have friends who are French and they don't have it sitting around the house. But then, they aren't her, are they, so who knows? Or maybe having it around was a big thing in the 18th century, what with famine and all. )
(Though that bed cover knows how to make the rounds, too. If you pay attention, you see it on so many beds. Ye Ole Brewsters must have had a big sale when it was the only style in stock. Either that or there was a huge argument over who was going to get to use it, so everyone ended up with one! )