Tapestry work was temporarily stopped during the Yuan dynasty which explains the small number of pieces from that period. Weavers started making tapestry again in the Ming dynasty.
宋代緙絲絲質最佳、風格簡樸、設色淡雅，技術也十分精巧，是緙絲的黃金時代；元代緙絲工業停滯，因此留傳作品極少；直到明代，北平、蘇州一帶才又重有較大規模的緙絲製作。