Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the large antique prints set you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each large antique prints set for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using
paper,
fabric and
linen. Find 165 options for an antique or vintage large antique prints set now, or shop our selection of 4 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a large antique prints set — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each large antique prints set bearing
folk art,
Art Deco or
Victorian hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one large antique prints set that is appealing in its simplicity, but
Cartier,
Eleazar Albin and
Douglas Adams produced versions that are worth a look.
A large antique prints set can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $335, while the lowest priced sells for $30 and the highest can go for as much as $350,000.
Prints are works of art produced in multiple editions. Though several copies of a specific artwork can exist, collectors consider antique and vintage prints originals when they have been manually created by the artist or are “impressions” that are part of the artist’s intent for the work.
Modern artists use a range of printmaking techniques to produce different types of prints such as relief, intaglio and planographic. Relief prints are created by cutting away a printing surface to leave only a design. Ink or paint is applied to the raised parts of the surface, and it is used to stamp or press the design onto paper or another surface. Relief prints include woodcuts, linocuts and engravings.
Intaglio prints are the opposite of relief prints in that they are incised into the printing surface. The artist cuts the design into a block, plate or other material and then coats it with ink before wiping off the surface and transferring the design to paper through tremendous pressure. Intaglio prints have plate marks showing the impression of the original block or plate as it was pressed onto the paper.
Artists create planographic prints by drawing a design on a stone or metal plate using a grease crayon. The plate is washed with water, then ink is spread over the plate and it adheres to the grease markings. The image is then stamped on paper to make prints.
All of these printmaking methods have an intricate process, although each can usually transfer only one color of ink. Artists use separate plates or blocks for multiple colors, and together these create one finished work of art.
Find prints ranging from the 18th- and 19th-century bird illustrations by J.C. Sepp to mid-century modern prints, as well as numerous other antique and vintage prints at 1stDibs. Browse the collection today and read about how to arrange wall art in your space.