Band, Medium: silk, painted silk, metallic thread, metal pailettes Technique: embroidery and appliqué, White satin ribbon band or border probably from the bottom edge of a robe with ornamentation in appliqué of silks, velvet and pailettes. Design of converging S-scrolls, sprays of foliage or petal forms in painted silk in between and leaf shapes in ribbed velvet. Colors are cream and purple with flecks of color on leaf sprays. Remains of metal thread outline on some leaves. Purple and white braid on bottom., France, early 19th century, embroidery & stitching, Band