Swag valances are soft, free-hanging drapery top treatments composed of one or else semicircular or U-shaped sections of draped essence suspended from or draped over a decorative drapery pole or, and traditionally, tacked to a concealed valance board. Appropriateness swag valances alone or with matching side panels. Any top treatment featuring swags gives a extent a pretty touch of romance, still richness, depending on the framework employed.
Traditional Swag Treatment
Traditionally, a swag valance is composed of a series of overlapping draped semicircles that can be uniform in bigness or a combination of contrasting sizes, for varied belongings, which are tacked on a valance board which is concealed by the swags. Recurrently trimmed with Fore lock or Ambition, the swags hang over matching, tied back side panels. The swag valance is finished at Everyone stop with a jabot, a vertically pleated cusp group with a diagonal hem that normally covers approximately 1/3 of the top of the side panel. This type of swag treatment is considered considerably formal and is normally associated with opulent, heavily draped, highly structured interiors.
When the two sections are shirred together on a curtain rod the resulting folds reveal the lining fabric in places creating a two-tone effect. This ruffled archway across the window gives a country cottage feeling to a room.
The Coiled or Looped Swag Valance
The coiled or looped swag valance is a more daring variation on the drapery scarf. In this case, the fabric width is crushed together and repeatedly coiled loosely in large loops over a decorative drapery pole with the back side of the coils or loops exposing a contrasting lining. The pole is exposed between the coils and the ends can drop, at each end of the pole, as far as the floor like the scarf valance. The coiled or looped swag valance is often made in lightweight, semi-stiff fabric like silk taffeta which gives the valance a whimsically puffy, floating effect.
The Duchess Valance
The Duchess Valance is made in two pieces with a rod pocket at the top and lined with a contrasting fabric. The bottom of each piece is cut on the diagonal and deeply scalloped.
