# Valances

- Date: 18th century
- Medium: Medium: tempera on pineapple fiber, silk fringe Technique: painted on plain weave gauze
- Classification: Valances
- Dimensions: H x W (a): 96.7 x 16.7 cm (38 1/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
- Culture: China
- Credit line: Gift of Marquis Val Verde de la Sierra
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/39379)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/92780a29f681ceb5c6f7a468b9b5dd89.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

White sheer fabric painted with a fragmentary floral design in polychrome. Green, red and white fringe on the edges. Tapes for tieing at either end.