Leaf: paper, colour print.
Frame: wood.
The front side of the screen shows an aeroplane flying over the sea. Behind the wheel – a women-aviator. French illustrator Mich was inspired by a real women when creating the drawing. The first French female aviator was Raymonde de Laroche. On 8 March 1910 she received her pilot’s licence number 36, so she officially became France’s first female pilot. Raymonde died in a plane crash in 1919. There is a monument to her at Le Bourget Airport in Paris.
Below the artist’s signature: Mich.
On the left is the manufacturer’s stamp: Maquet, grav., rue de la Paix, Paris.
On the reverse side: advertisement of the perfume house Piver.
