What the heck does Faux Bois mean?

I ran across the term Faux Bois a few months ago, and I had to scratch my head - is that a real thing? What does it mean? Off to Wikipedia I ran:

"Faux Bois (from the French for false wood) refers to the artistic imitation of wood or wood grains in various media."

It's a fancy term for fake wood grain! Who knew? It seems to be a more popular term on Etsy than on eBay, for whatever reason. I meant to write a post about it then, but it slipped my mind until I found this the other day:

Lincoln BeautyWare Wood Grain Bread Box & Canister Set

I would say this set is Faux Bois at it's finest... And it's Lincoln BeautyWare - one of my favorite vintage kitchenware brands!

It's kind of surprising how many vintage items were made with a wood grain design - it all screams 70's to me, though I'm sure some of it was created in other decades. Here's just a few cool things I found with a quick search around:

 Vintage Wood Luxo Desk Lamp

Vintage 70's Vinyl Wood Grain Ice Bucket

1920s Red Underwood Faux Bois Woodgrain Typewriter

Vintage Tin Metal Wood Grain Picnic Basket

 Vintage Faux Bois Silver Serving Tray Mid Century Modern

Vintage Desk Calendar Manual Wood Grain

Vintage NOS Wrap Eyeglasses Wood Grain

Vintage FAUX BOIS Aladdin Beverage Butler

 Vintage Libbey Barware Faux Bois Accent

I could go on and on - the lesson here is fake wood grain isn't just for basement paneling - and if you give something a pretty french name, it immediately ups the cool factor! ;)