Nice looking curtains when hung and I would have rated higher except for this: the packaging clearly states they may be washed cold, gentle cycle and tumble dried low which I chose to do when I received. I'd estimate 30 to 50% of the valence tassels untied in my dryer sending hundreds of 3 inch long pieces of yarn throughout the drum. So, regardless of the instructions I would strongly suggest either air drying if you do choose to machine wash, or better yet hand washing the valence.