Talk:Fumed Oak

Title?
But what does the title mean? Rmhermen (talk) 16:19, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Fumed oak is a type of wood-finish much favoured in suburban households of the day when Coward wrote the piece. It gives a somewhat gloomy deep brown colour to furniture. I take it Coward chose the title to give a hint of the heavy, glum surroundings in which the play is set, but that's just my supposition. - Tim riley (talk) 17:13, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

I added a description of the phrase to the History section of the article. We can leave the reader to tie the description to the atmosphere of the play. -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:45, 26 October 2009 (UTC)