Edmond Maurus's "Flèche d'Orient – Orient Flying Arrow" poster for CIDNA printed on a recycled-cotton canvas tote bag.
- Front: Edmond Maurus's full "Flèche d'Orient" poster art for CIDNA
- Bag: 10-ounce canvas, 80% recycled cotton / 20% cotton
- Size: 15.75" h x 15.25" w (approx. 240 cubic inches)
- Self-fabric handles
- Printed to order in Grapevine, Texas
A white arrow and a speeding airliner streak across a deep blue sky in this early-1930s Art Deco poster for CIDNA, the Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aérienne. It is the work of French illustrator Edmond Maurus, and it advertises the "Flèche d'Orient," or Orient Flying Arrow, the airline's service from Paris to Istanbul, then still widely called Stamboul. CIDNA, a Franco-Romanian company founded in 1920, promised that passengers, freight and mail could cross Europe to the Bosphorus in a single day. In 1933 it became one of the airlines merged to form the new Air France, which kept the Flèche d'Orient name alive.
The bag is made from 10-ounce canvas of 80% recycled cotton and 20% cotton. The recycled fibers are collected from garment-cutting waste and then intertwined with cotton for added strength and durability. Self-fabric handles. Dimensions: 15.75" h x 15.25" w; approx. 240 cubic inches.
Note: Bags not intended for use by children 12 and under.