Prints
20th Century French Art Deco Prints
Acrylic, Wood
1870s American Antique Prints
Paper
1880s Antique Prints
Paper
1930s Vintage Prints
Paper
1920s English Vintage Prints
Paper
1860s German Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century French Antique Prints
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
Early 18th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1890s English Egyptian Antique Prints
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Prints
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2010s English Prints
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Early 1900s Antique Prints
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1970s American Modern Vintage Prints
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1880s Antique Prints
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16th Century Antique Prints
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1650s German Antique Prints
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Prints
Parchment Paper
1890s Antique Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century British American Colonial Prints
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1990s French Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1940s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1920s American Vintage Prints
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1880s American Antique Prints
Gold Leaf
Late 19th Century Antique Prints
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1860s German Antique Prints
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Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Prints
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1650s French Antique Prints
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Late 18th Century Antique Prints
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1780s Antique Prints
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Late 19th Century Antique Prints
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1870s Antique Prints
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1850s Antique Prints
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Early 19th Century Swiss William IV Antique Prints
Mahogany
20th Century Italian Baroque Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
20th Century Austrian Art Deco Prints
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18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
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Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
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1860s German Antique Prints
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1990s French Prints
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1940s Art Deco Vintage Prints
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1840s Antique Prints
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Early 1700s Dutch Baroque Antique Prints
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1850s English Renaissance Antique Prints
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Prints
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1880s Antique Prints
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20th Century Art Deco Prints
Acrylic, Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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20th Century American Art Nouveau Prints
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1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Glass, Wood, 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.