Hello, I'm a novice woodworker and I'm trying to get better at finishing techniques so please bear with the general question. I'm doing a wood project out of poplar for a friend and he has requested that it look 'like this'. I did tell him that it wouldn't be an exact match as that's almost impossible, but how would you guys approach trying to get poplar to the finish color in the pic?

Thanks in advance

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