The lid support w/cover for Fuddy's casket lid is visible in the KHON video.
Note the cross-section of the lid. Also note that the embroidery on the pall is offset by it's being folded.
It’s not very clear there. On another screenshot I’ve got it does look like there is something blue that comes down in triangular fashion. That doesn’t really seem to match the “Friends” photo, where there is black in the area where the brace is - unless the brace was covered on the inside of the casket but not on the outside. It still doesn’t make sense with the shape in the Diocese image though.
I don’t know.
Notice how many times the pall is folded over, and how tightly. I’m still waiting for you to tell me how you would sew a woven band (having a reverse design on its back side) onto the fabric of the pall, because how it is sewn on would determine how tightly it could be folded over. If you’ve got lots of thicknesses from turning seams under and stitching them to look finished, you end up with an inflexible thick seam like you have for the back seam of blue jeans. That kind of seam would not accordion-fold tightly like that.