Prints
1880s English Romantic Antique Prints
Paper
2010s French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century English Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Early 19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century French Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
1880s English Romantic Antique Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century Art Deco Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1850s English Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1920s English Louis XV Vintage Prints
Paper
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Silver
1880s Scottish Classical Roman Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Prints
Paper
1920s English Louis XV Vintage Prints
Paper
1850s English Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood
Early 1900s British Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century English Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1850s English Baroque Antique Prints
Paper
1930s British Islamic Vintage Prints
Paper
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
Early 1900s American Romantic Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-18th Century French Antique Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1880s Scottish Japonisme Antique Prints
Paper
1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Prints
Paper
1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Prints
Paper
1850s English Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1850s English Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
1830s English Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century American Islamic Prints
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
1930s British Islamic Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1850s English Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century Prints
Paper
1830s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Hungarian Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
1930s British Islamic Vintage Prints
Paper
1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Prints
Paper
1930s British Islamic Vintage Prints
Paper
1830s German Biedermeier Antique Prints
Paper
1930s British Islamic Vintage Prints
Paper
1980s German Country Vintage Prints
Canvas, Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
1930s British Islamic Vintage 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.