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Quotation dates: 1498-1499, 1640-1684
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Vallans(e, Val(l)ange, n. Also: vallons, val(l)ance, valenes, valong. [Late ME and e.m.E. valaunce (1463), vallance (1494), ? f. as Vale v.] A hanging drapery bordering esp. a bed or its canopy or a table, a valance. 1498–9 Acts Lords of Council II 297.
A pair of vallanse 1640 Bk. Carlaverock II 503.
Everie bed furnichit vith cortenis, vallons, and tester 1653 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XXIII 300.
Ane hung bed … containing vtter and inner valange … and counterpoint 1653 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XXIII 301.
One litle firre tafle … with four peece of greene … hingingis with a valong conforme 1653 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries XXIII 303.
Vallange 1658 Edinburgh Testaments LXIX 81.
Valenes 1674 Fraser P. 257.
Ane valance of crimsone bamise 1683 Inv. in Donibristle Mun. (Earl of Moray's MSS) 5 (9-10 May).
Ane inner vallance conforme to the top of the bed 1684 Misc. Bann. C. III 341.
To custom of the damis curtins, vallans, and gold fringes
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