{"product_id":"burgundy-velvet-grapevine-communion-stole","title":"Gold Grapevine and Wheat Embroidery on a Burgundy Velvet Communion Stole","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Grapevine Communion Stole is a burgundy, velvet-look stole worked in gold with the two plants of the Eucharist: wheat near the neckline, a scrolling vine heavy with grape leaves and clusters through the centre of each panel, and a bundled wheat sheaf near the hem, finished in a thick gold fringe. It is available in a length you set yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDesign and symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach panel opens with a small wheat sprig at the neck, moves into a grapevine with clearly modelled leaves and clusters of grapes through the body of the panel, and closes with a bundled wheat sheaf near the hem, all in gold thread against the velvet-look burgundy ground. Wheat and grapes are the two elements of the Eucharist itself, bread and wine, and putting both on the same stole rather than choosing one keeps the design tied directly to the sacrament it is made for, without needing a cross or chalice to make the point. A separate gold cross appears only on the back yoke, where the front vine does not reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLiturgical use\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBurgundy falls within the red liturgical class, used across the West for Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Pentecost and the feasts of martyrs, and by wider custom for ordinations. This particular stole, with its Eucharistic wheat and grape design, is best suited to Communion and Eucharist-centred services generally and to ordinations, rather than to Palm Sunday or Pentecost specifically, where the colour is correct but the imagery is not the point being made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWho it is for\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA priest, pastor or minister who wants a stole built specifically around the Communion table, rather than a general-purpose red piece, is the clearest fit. The velvet-look ground gives it a heavier, more formal presence than the satin-look burgundy elsewhere in the catalogue, which also suits it to an ordination gift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLength and fit\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe standard finished length is 120 in (305 cm), measured end to end over the shoulders in the presbyteral cut. Any made-to-measure length from 84 in to 120 in costs the same as standard, and $10 is added for every further 5 in beyond that, up to 160 in. The height box on this page will suggest a length once you enter your height, which you can adjust; your final length, your height and any notes travel through to the cart, checkout and order automatically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/communion-and-eucharistic-vestments\"\u003eCommunion and Eucharistic vestments\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/ordination-gifts\"\u003eordination gifts\u003c\/a\u003e, or see the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/red-vestments\"\u003ered vestments\u003c\/a\u003e range and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/clergy-stoles\"\u003eevery clergy stole\u003c\/a\u003e we make.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Clergy Couture","offers":[{"title":"Standard 120 in","offer_id":49382746226923,"sku":"TCC-STL-BRG-GRP-010-STD","price":188.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure up to 120 in","offer_id":49382746259691,"sku":"TCC-STL-BRG-GRP-010-M120","price":188.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 121-125 in","offer_id":49408848330987,"sku":"TCC-STL-BRG-GRP-010-M125","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 126-130 in","offer_id":49408848363755,"sku":"TCC-STL-BRG-GRP-010-M130","price":208.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 131-135 in","offer_id":49408848396523,"sku":"TCC-STL-BRG-GRP-010-M135","price":218.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 136-140 in","offer_id":49408848429291,"sku":"TCC-STL-BRG-GRP-010-M140","price":228.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 141-145 in","offer_id":49408848462059,"sku":"TCC-STL-BRG-GRP-010-M145","price":238.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 146-150 in","offer_id":49408848494827,"sku":"TCC-STL-BRG-GRP-010-M150","price":248.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 151-155 in","offer_id":49408848527595,"sku":"TCC-STL-BRG-GRP-010-M155","price":258.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 156-160 in","offer_id":49408848560363,"sku":"TCC-STL-BRG-GRP-010-M160","price":268.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/8375\/8571\/files\/burgundy-velvet-grapevine-communion-stole-1.jpg?v=1788952496","url":"https:\/\/theclergycouture.com\/products\/burgundy-velvet-grapevine-communion-stole","provider":"The Clergy Couture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}