Prints
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Prints
Paper
1830s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century French Modern Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century French Modern Prints
Paper
1970s Danish Modern Vintage Prints
Other
Late 18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1960s Belgian Modern Vintage Prints
Other
Mid-18th Century European Antique Prints
Paper
1960s German Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s German Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
18th Century Antique Prints
Paper
2010s American Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Prints
Silk
1940s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1870s Victorian Antique Prints
Paper
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Prints
Silk
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Prints
Silk
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
1960s Japanese Showa Vintage Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Prints
Paper, Glass, Wood
18th Century Antique Prints
Paper
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20th Century American Prints
Paper, Glass, Wood, Lithograph
Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1950s American Vintage Prints
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Oak, Paper
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Prints
Paper
Mid-18th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1790s English Georgian Antique Prints
Paper, Ash
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
1980s German Country Vintage Prints
Canvas, Wood, Paper
1970s French Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1830s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1850s English Romantic Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
Late 17th Century Antique Prints
Paper
20th Century American Prints
Paper
Early 2000s Israeli Prints
Wire
1850s English Early Victorian Antique Prints
Paper
1960s Expressionist Vintage Prints
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
1720s Dutch Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Canvas
1980s Vintage Prints
Paper
1980s American Modern Vintage Prints
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Prints
Foil
1720s Dutch Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
1720s Dutch Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
1720s Dutch Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
Antique and Vintage Prints for Wall Decor
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.