A decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing.
1 It had high posts and curtains and valance of pale-blue flowered chintz.
2 Mustang GT with a Shelby scoop, flared deck lid, and front valance .
3 Fifteen minutes in the spring valance is worth tons of gold.'
4 He sat kicking his heels against the valance of the bed, and thinking.
5 Also she walked around the valance , counting its birds of paradise.
6 If the bed is hung with a valance , that, too, is pinned up.
7 A sort of canopy or valance , formed of various coloured cloths, hangs overhead.
8 The valance was of chintz in gentian blue and white.
9 Big pink roses splashed all over the cretonne counterpane and valance of the bed.
10 That leaves the black net dress and the sun-parlour valance .
11 She smiled up delightedly at me and crawled out farther from the bed valance .
12 An embroidered apron became of much more importance than a bed valance or counterpane.
13 There were no window curtains, but a valance of white dimity hung above the window.
14 In the front was an external valance of crimson velvet, richly laced and trimmed with tassels.
15 The ruffled valance is more suitable for summer cottages and bedrooms than for more formal rooms.
16 The four-post bed had curtains of green damask, all closely pinned around it, and a green valance .
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