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Athalaney Fly Quilt, 1824
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
  • Other, Quilts
  • 1824
Athalaney Fly Quilt, 1824
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-11423
Type:
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Quilt
Subject:
  • Other, Quilts
Date:
  • 1824
Description:
Patchwork and embroidered quilt. Embroidered inscription reads, "When this you see / Remember me/ Athalaney Fly/ Mouonldefort [Mount Desert]/ August 26, 1824/ Aged 7 years / 3 months." Athlaney was the daughter of Patty Somes Flye and James Flye; she died at the age of 18 and is buried in the Flye Cemetery in Tremont.