# Valance (For a Bed)

- By: Greece, Cyprus
- Date: 18th century
- Medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross and long-armed-cross stitches; needlemade edging of Antwerp edge stitches and countered two-strand warp twining with extended warp fringe
- Classification: Textile
- Dimensions: 220.5 × 58.4 cm (86 7/8 × 23 in.)
- Culture: Cyprus
- Credit line: Gift of Burton Y. Berry
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/71600)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/46df4d44-54c9-65e9-aa44-358d30344e02/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)