Valances used to decorate altars and temples had a horizontal strip at the top, from which hung streamers made from strips of different cloths ending in a V that look like a modern male necktie.
Window valance, used above a window to conceal hardware or other window treatments
Holly Valance | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Window valance | Valance |
"Şımarık", a Turkish-language song by Tarkan; covered by Stella Soleil and Holly Valance in English as "Kiss Kiss"
Peter Valance (born June 4, 1980, Riedlingen) is a German illusionist.