Poor Man's Ruhlmann

Why is called "poor man's Ruhlmann"?
I used recomposed Ebony at $2 sf rather than real ebony at $14, and PVC sheets instead of ivory. I did however use some left over Brazilian Rosewood. And the aluminum strips were reasonable. Legs were poplar coated with black ink. I was playing around seeing if I could get a good production design, but called it quits. I couldn't dumb it down, too much grain matching for my business model.