Valance
/ˈvæləns/
"Valance" in a Sentence (2 examples)
Even the mantelpiece is adorned with a totally unfunctional tasselled valance rather like an altar frontal.
Mortally insulted, Jasper went under the couch, where he remained with only his nose showing beneath the valance, emitting little world-weary groans at intervals, and refusing to come out for cake.