{"product_id":"ivory-lily-star-crown-stole","title":"Ivory Lily and Star Clergy Stole with Gold Crown for Easter and Christmastide","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis ivory stole carries a running vine of lilies and eight-point stars down each panel, gathered near the hem into a small gold crown. It is designed for the white and gold season: Easter, Christmastide and Epiphany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDesign and symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ground is an ivory satin-faced cloth with a fine self-tone lattice woven into the cloth itself, so the surface catches light without any applied print. Gold and silver metallic piping runs along both long edges. Down each panel a vine of white and silver lily flowers with gold leaves climbs from hem to shoulder, with small gold eight-point stars set between the blooms. Near the base of each panel the vine gathers into a gold crown worked with small red accents. The back neck forms a V, ivory, with a single gold star at the point. Both hems finish in a champagne-silver twisted fringe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lily is the flower of Easter: its white trumpet has stood for purity and for the Resurrection since the early church took up the garden imagery of the empty tomb. The eight-point star, an old Epiphany sign, points toward the star that led the magi. The crown gathered at the base of the vine reads as Christ's kingship, the crown of glory that Easter proclaims after the crown of thorns of Good Friday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLiturgical use\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhite and gold is the class for the church's greatest joys: Easter Day and the whole of Eastertide, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Epiphany, and other high feasts of the Lord. It is not worn for Lent or Advent, where the western tradition calls for violet, nor for the long run of Ordinary Time, where green is customary. Practice on the exact boundary days varies by parish and by tradition, so a minister new to a congregation should check local custom before the first use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWho it is for\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a presbyteral stole, cut for a priest, pastor or minister presiding at the altar or pulpit on a festal Sunday. Its combination of lily, star and crown makes it equally suited to an Easter sunrise service, a Christmas Eve vigil or an Epiphany procession, so a minister who wants one stole to carry the whole white season, rather than three separate pieces, is the person this design is made for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLength and fit\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stole is finished at a standard 120 in (305 cm), measured end to end over both shoulders, which suits most adult wearers with room for the drape. Any length from 84 in to 120 in is made at the same price. Beyond 120 in, $10 is added for each further 5 in, up to 160 in. Enter a height on the product page and the form will suggest a length; you are free to override it with your own measurement, and whatever you enter travels through to your cart and order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/white-and-ivory-vestments\"\u003ewhite and gold vestments\u003c\/a\u003e and the wider \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/clergy-stoles\"\u003eclergy stole collection\u003c\/a\u003e, or read our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/liturgical-colour-guide\"\u003eliturgical colour guide\u003c\/a\u003e if you are planning a full set of stoles for the church year. Our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/fabric-guide\"\u003efabric guide\u003c\/a\u003e explains the difference between satin, damask and brocade grounds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Clergy Couture","offers":[{"title":"Standard 120 in","offer_id":49382752911595,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-LIL-041-STD","price":184.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure up to 120 in","offer_id":49382752944363,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-LIL-041-M120","price":184.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 121-125 in","offer_id":49408855310571,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-LIL-041-M125","price":194.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 126-130 in","offer_id":49408855343339,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-LIL-041-M130","price":204.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 131-135 in","offer_id":49408855376107,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-LIL-041-M135","price":214.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 136-140 in","offer_id":49408855408875,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-LIL-041-M140","price":224.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 141-145 in","offer_id":49408855441643,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-LIL-041-M145","price":234.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 146-150 in","offer_id":49408855474411,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-LIL-041-M150","price":244.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 151-155 in","offer_id":49408855507179,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-LIL-041-M155","price":254.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure 156-160 in","offer_id":49408855539947,"sku":"TCC-STL-IVY-LIL-041-M160","price":264.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/8375\/8571\/files\/ivory-lily-star-crown-stole-1.jpg?v=1788952602","url":"https:\/\/theclergycouture.com\/products\/ivory-lily-star-crown-stole","provider":"The Clergy Couture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}