无锡民间的刺绣工艺有着悠久的历史。在二十世纪三、四十年代，无锡城乡妇女从事刺绣的很多，城区和许多乡镇设有绣花会之类的民间组织，采取定样分派的办法，组织众多的妇女在家刺绣。绣品多为家庭日用装饰品，如人物花鸟绣 片、绣衣、发禄袋、笔袋、香袋、被面、枕套、帐帘等 Wuxi folk embroidery process has a long history. In the 1930s and 1940s, Wuxi urban and rural women engaged in many kinds of embroidery. In urban areas and in many towns and townships, there were non-governmental organizations such as the Embroidery Association. They adopted a fixed-assignment method to organize large numbers of women who were embroidering at home. Embroidery and more for household daily decorations, such as figures flowers and birds embroidered films, embroidered clothing, hair cards bags, pen bags, sachets, was the surface, pillowcases, curtains, etc.