Medium: Blue shaped crimped edged velvet, silver brocade without bonding (thread) or with S-twill bonding 3/1 (crimped; leaf with linked “trame d’accompagnage” in taffeta every two strokes). Silver metallic buttons, thread embellishments and purl against a background of silver leaf embossed in the form of a paillette. False buttonholes in silver passementerie.