My mother-in-law migrated from Alsace-Lorraine, postwar France in 1952 at the age of 15 with two of her 3 siblings, both under 20 years of age. Her younger brother still lives on French Luxembourg border. Her older sister often traveled back to the Luxembourg border, appreciated Villeroy-Boch's quality and fell in love with the Niaf pattern. It was reminiscent of their own upbringing. Over the years, she would bring back Niaf pieces for her sister's daughters for there "hope chests". Throughout the years their aunt, their mother, my wife and her sister, continued to add to their collection. Today, the Niaf dinnerware is the primary dinnerware in our our house as well as my sister-in-law's house.