Antique bookcase for storing sheet music and magazines. Beech. Author: Emile Gallé. Partitions located in the lower tier of the rack are decorated with carved images of violin keys and notes. On the countertop, decorated in the technique of marquetry shows a branch of cherry, moon, and Nightingale. These images are very characteristic of the Japanese style, which was so popular in Europe in the early twentieth century. It is interesting that the nightingale is a songbird, so it was depicted on this piece of furniture. shelf decor directly related to the original use: storing musical scores. France, early. XX century.