{"product_id":"black-cypress-cross-funeral-stole","title":"Cypress Cross Funeral Clergy Stole in Black with Gold Thread","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Cypress Cross Funeral Stole is a black stole with a damask-textured ground, its two panels repeating a gold cypress tree, a Latin cross and a small cross-botonee down their length to a twisted gold fringe. It is available in any length from 84 in to 160 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDesign and symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach panel opens near the neck with a small gold leaf, then a tall, narrow cypress tree worked entirely in gold thread against the black ground. Below the tree sits a plain Latin cross, then the cypress shape repeats a second time, and the sequence closes near the hem with a smaller cross-botonee, its arms ending in trefoils, just above the fringe. The cypress is an old churchyard tree, planted over graves for centuries because it does not shed its needles; set twice on a funeral stole, it stands for a mourning that does not simply end when the leaves fall. The cross beneath it, plain and unadorned, keeps the design from becoming decorative for its own sake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLiturgical use\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack is the historic colour for funerals and requiem Masses in the Roman and Anglo-Catholic traditions, and it remains available, alongside violet or white, in most other Western churches that mark the rite at all. This stole is built for that single use. It is not a stole for Lent, even though some parishes still associate black loosely with penitence; Lent in this catalogue is kept to violet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWho it is for\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA priest, pastor or minister leading a funeral, memorial or requiem service is the wearer this stole was designed for. The back yoke carries a single small cypress tree outline in gold, so even from behind the pulpit the piece reads as funeral dress rather than a plain black stole worn for want of anything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLength and fit\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe standard finished length is 120 in (305 cm) end to end over the shoulders, in the usual presbyteral cut worn straight down both sides. Made to measure from 84 in to 120 in costs no more than standard, and each further 5 in past that adds $10, up to 160 in. The height box on this page will suggest a length once you enter your height, and you can override its suggestion; your final length, height and any notes carry through automatically to checkout and the order record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee the rest of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/funeral-and-memorial-vestments\"\u003efuneral and memorial vestments\u003c\/a\u003e, the wider \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/black-vestments\"\u003eblack vestments\u003c\/a\u003e range, and other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/clergy-stoles\"\u003eclergy stoles\u003c\/a\u003e. The \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/vestment-glossary\"\u003evestment glossary\u003c\/a\u003e explains terms like cross-botonee if you want the background.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Clergy Couture","offers":[{"title":"Standard 120 in","offer_id":49382730694891,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-CYP-003-STD","price":188.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure up to 120 in","offer_id":49382730727659,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-CYP-003-M120","price":188.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 121-125 in","offer_id":49408831095019,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-CYP-003-M125","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 126-130 in","offer_id":49408831127787,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-CYP-003-M130","price":208.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 131-135 in","offer_id":49408831160555,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-CYP-003-M135","price":218.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 136-140 in","offer_id":49408831193323,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-CYP-003-M140","price":228.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 141-145 in","offer_id":49408831226091,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-CYP-003-M145","price":238.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 146-150 in","offer_id":49408831258859,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-CYP-003-M150","price":248.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 151-155 in","offer_id":49408831291627,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-CYP-003-M155","price":258.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 156-160 in","offer_id":49408831324395,"sku":"TCC-STL-BLK-CYP-003-M160","price":268.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/8375\/8571\/files\/black-cypress-cross-funeral-stole-1.jpg?v=1788952496","url":"https:\/\/theclergycouture.com\/products\/black-cypress-cross-funeral-stole","provider":"The Clergy Couture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}