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Article: CIVIL WAR NEEDLEWORK FINDS ITS WAY BACK HOME.(LOCAL)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- June 4, 1999
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Byline: REGINA LIGHTFOOT\ STAFF WRITER
It hung in the parlor, perhaps a testament to the skill of the daughter of one of Suffolk's prominent families. Glazed and framed in gold, the large embroidered work created on silk, with a painted background and a stitched chenille foreground, memorialized relatives who had died.
But when Nathaniel and Missouri Riddick fled their Suffolk home in 1862 as Union troops converged on the city, they left the embroidery behind. They took only some silver, several slaves and a few pieces of furniture.
``They would have looked at it and said it has no monetary value attached to it,'' said Patricia Jack, director ...