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Ceramic Praying Mantis Jewelry Box , hand made in South Africa
By Senzo Duma Ceramic Arts
Located in North Miami, FL
The ceramic Praying Mantis jewelry box from Wiseman Ceramics is a testament to both artistry and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Asian Carved Soapstone Praying Deity
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Interesting Asian carved soapstone deity depicted figure seating in a praying position. Features an
Category

20th Century Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Soapstone

Praying, Folded Hands , Faith , Indian Black and White Photography "In Stock"
By Mohan L. Mazumder
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Mohan L. Mazumder 'Untitled' 11 x 11 in (unframed size). Archival Print on Hahnemuhles Photo Rag Bright White museum quality paper -310gsm Edition of 4 + 1 AP BVA in 'Graphic Design...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Nun with a Gun - Three Dimensional Sculptural Wall Piece
By Marcos Raya
Located in Chicago, IL
contemporary culture with a nun clasping a gun between her praying hands, sun glasses cover her eyes and her
Category

1990s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Praying Mantis Floor Lamp by Rispal
Located in London, GB
Iconic this Rispal floor lamp is a beautiful Classic piece with a sculptural, biomorphic walnut frame and creme pleated shade. This model is inspired by the work of artist Jean (Han...
Category

Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Walnut

Authentic Praying Mantis by Rispal from the 1950s
By Jean Rispal, Rispal
Located in Milan, IT
The elegant "Mante Religieuse" (Praying Mantis) lamp produced in the 1950s by Rispal. The slanting
Category

Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Mahogany, Paper

Pair of Carved and Decorated Wooden Praying Buddha Statues
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pair of Carved and Decorated Wooden Praying Buddha Statues, likely from China or possibly northern
Category

20th Century Chinese Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Antique Walnut Kneeler Pray-God Cabinet, 17th Century, Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique walnut kneeler, pray to god, hand-carved with period tiles, has a front door and can act as
Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Cabinets

Materials

Walnut

Henri Fernandez Signed Illuminated Sculpture of a Praying Mantis
By Henri Fernandez
Located in Hastings, GB
, modelled as a Praying Mantis. The beautiful agate wings are set within the large brass body, and
Category

Vintage 1970s French Brutalist Table Lamps

Materials

Agate, Brass

Marble Statue After Luigi Pampaloni, Praying Kneeling Little Samuel
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
kneeling praying child after the original by the great Luigi Pampaloni (1791-1847) named Samuel An
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Victorian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster, Marble

18th Century, Praying Virgin Emilian School Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milan, IT
Emilian school, 18th century. Praying Virgin. Oil on canvas, 46 x 37 cm - with frame 69 x 53 cm
Category

Antique 18th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Three Wise Men
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in New Orleans, LA
here by the detail sketches of chain mail texture and praying hands on the perimeter of the composition
Category

Early 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

18th-19th Century Girl Praying at the Foot of the Altar of Love Painting
By Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in Milan, IT
18th-19th century, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) Girl praying at the foot of the altar of
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Silver Pearls Clear Stones Hand Painted Virgin Mary Pendant
Located in Guaynabo, PR
with a hand painted portrait of the Virgin Mary praying with her hands together. The outside of the
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Edwardian Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Pearl, Silver

French Weathered Concrete St. Francis Statue with Lamb and Birds Dated 2001
Located in Dallas, TX
, arms, or hands as he prayed or walked around outside. Measures: 16" W x 10" D x 40" H.
Category

Early 2000s French Statues

Materials

Stone, Concrete

Early 20th Century Signed Black Forest Hunting Scene
Located in London, GB
for pray with riffle in hand, and 2 hunting dogs at the ready. The dogs have a lovely Folk Art appeal
Category

Vintage 1920s German Late Victorian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Victorian Horseshoe Back Chesterfield Green Leather Captains Reading Chair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
resting your arms on the back rest put your hands together and pray, as a side effect the chairs became
Category

Antique 19th Century British Victorian Armchairs

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Magnificent Pair of Antique Carved Pine Angels on Iron Bases, circa 1710
Located in Dallas, TX
custom shaped to fit the bases of each statue. One of the statues is praying as noted by her hands
Category

Antique Early 18th Century European Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Iron

French Art Deco Bronze Table Lamp, Minaret
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Deco table lamp. Minaret praying tower hand finished in original condition wonderful patina.
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Mourning Virgin Italian School Oil On Canvas 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on canvas. A praying Virgin, eyes turned skyward, hands clasped, and the sorrowful face
Category

18th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

André BEZARD: "Vierge en prière", Plâtre, Vers 1970
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
patinated clay representing a standing up virgin joining hands to pray France, vers 1970 / circa 1970
Category

Vintage 1970s French Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Clay

Brass Praying Hands Bookends, 1970 s
By Richard Etts
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Brass Praying Hands Bookends, 1970's.
Category

20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Bookends

Materials

Brass

14 Karat Yellow Gold Praying Hands Charm
Located in Washington Depot, CT
Vintage 14 Karat Yellow Gold Praying Hands Charm This lovely 3D charm features a pair of praying
Category

20th Century Charm Bracelets

Materials

Yellow Gold

Mid-20th Century Meditating Buddha
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
praying hands. Basalt stone.     
Category

Mid-20th Century Southeast Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

Gloriously Hand Carved Great Condition Antique Gothic Revival Pray Chair 1800s
Located in Lisse, NL
praying chair from the mid-late 1800s. This one of a kind Gothic Revival chair for praying is the best we
Category

Antique 19th Century Dutch Gothic Revival Religious Items

Materials

Brass

Japanese Seated Praying Buddha Handsome Antique Stone
Located in South Burlington, VT
by roadsides and installed in private shrines. Anjali or the praying Mudra is the practice of
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone, Granite

17th Century Pair of Praying Angels Sculpture Wood
Located in Milan, IT
Lombard-Venetian school, 17th century, c. 1640 Pair of praying angels (2) Wood, Measures: H
Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Antique French Bronze Cherub Praying Child Sculpture circa 1920
By Émile Pinedo, Foundry Pinedo
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique cast bronze sculpture of a child praying while kneeling on a pillow. In the style of Emile
Category

Early 20th Century French Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Carved Italian Marble Statue of a Praying Child
Located in Dallas, TX
This Italian marble statue of a praying child is from the 1800’s. The artist who hand-carved the
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Meaningful Gothic Revival Cabinet / Small Credenza with Praying Nun Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Early 20th century, solid oak Gothic cabinet with hand carved church window panels. This
Category

Early 20th Century Dutch Gothic Revival Sideboards

Materials

Wrought Iron

19th Century Antique Carved Stone Praying Angel Garden Statue or Sculpture
Located in St. Louis, MO
Superb Antique hand-carved stone Garden Statue or Sculpture of a Praying Angel from the 19th
Category

Antique 19th Century English Baroque Statues

Materials

Stone

Pal Kepenyes ”Milagros” Necklace with Praying Figures in Brass and Copper
Located in New York, NY
sculptures of small and medium format, jewelry and miniature decorative pieces, all made by hand, without any
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Copper

19th Century French Stone Statue of St. Francis with Bird, Patron of Animals
Located in Dallas, TX
, arms, or hands as he prayed or walked around outside. Measures: 12" W x 8" D x 35" H.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Statues

Materials

Stone

19th Century French Concrete St. Francis Bird Bath Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
, who often followed him around and rested on his shoulders, arms, or hands as he prayed or walked
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Statues

Materials

Stone, Concrete

19th Century Spanish Colonial Our Lady of Guadalupe Retablo
Located in Forney, TX
strong vibrant colors. Depicting Catholic Patron Saint Our Lady of Guadalupe, a praying Blessed Virgin
Category

Antique 19th Century North American Spanish Colonial Religious Items

Materials

Tin

Sterling Silver Christmas Ornament
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, Rhode Island, circa 1983. It is of an angel praying with its hands together. It has wings and a halo
Category

Vintage 1980s American Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

The Assumption Of The Virgin Mary Oil Painting
Located in Guaynabo, PR
life. She is looking up to heaven with her hands in praying posture. Her head is surrounded by a halo
Category

20th Century Unknown Baroque Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Painting early 18th venitian PIAZZETTA Oil canvas Virgin Mary reading a book
By Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Located in PARIS, FR
Maria” represented with a book, print from a missing painting and The Blessed Virgin praying with her
Category

Early 18th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Carl Auböck Brass "Praying Hands" Bookends
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Brass bookends by Viennese master designer Carl Auböck, made in Austria in 1949.
Category

Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Praying Monk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Hand carved and hand painted praying monk from the Shanxi province in China.
Category

Vintage 1950s Chinese Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Wood

French Sculptural Praying Mantis Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Anonymous three-legged sculptural art-chair with praying mantis motif, comprised of hand cut and
Category

Vintage 1980s French Art Nouveau Chairs

Materials

Steel

Antique Victorian, Carved Walnut Nursing and Praying Chair, Scotland 1890, B2078
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Victorian, carved walnut nursing and praying chair, Scotland 1890, B2078 Scotland, 1890
Category

Antique 1890s Scottish Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Spanish 18th Century Period Carved Wood Santos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary late 18th century santos praying sculptures are hand-crafted and have detailed
Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Spanish Colonial Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Chinese Wood Carving
Located in San Francisco, CA
Unusual pair of hand carved wooden praying figures with wings from a country Chinese wedding bed
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Folk Art Sculptures

French Late 17th Century Limestone Niche Sculpture of the Virgin Mary
Located in Suffolk, GB
, her long hair on her back, wearing draping robes, her arms in possibly a praying position although her
Category

Antique 1680s French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Limestone

Pair of Dancing Wooden Cherub Puttis with Gilt Finish
Located in Cookeville, TN
This listing stars a sweet pair of dancing cherubs with praying hands which are formed of wood
Category

Early 20th Century French Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Gesso, Wood, Paint

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Praying Hands For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of praying hands for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and brass, all praying hands available were constructed with great care. Praying hands have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Praying hands bearing Mid-Century Modern or Victorian hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Praying hands have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Carl Auböck, Jean Rispal and Rispal Lighting are consistently popular.

How Much are Praying Hands?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,643, while they’re typically $275 on the low end and $11,325 highest priced.