Prints
2010s Baroque Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Prints
Paper
18th Century Japonisme Antique Prints
Paper
2010s English Other Prints
Silk
2010s Baroque Prints
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2010s Baroque Prints
Paper
2010s English Other Prints
Silk
18th Century French Provincial Antique Prints
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Late 17th Century Antique Prints
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Late 18th Century European American Colonial Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid-18th Century German Other Antique Prints
Velvet, Giltwood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary French Country Prints
Gold Leaf
2010s Prints
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2010s Modern Prints
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1750s Antique Prints
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Late 18th Century German Antique Prints
Paper, Wood
Early 2000s American Minimalist Prints
Paint
2010s Modern Prints
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2010s Modern Prints
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2010s English Other Prints
Silk
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Prints
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Cotton, Paper
17th Century English Baroque Antique Prints
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18th Century Dutch Other Antique Prints
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16th Century German Renaissance Antique Prints
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2010s Italian Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Cotton, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Cotton, Paper
Early 2000s English Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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2010s Italian Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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1790s English Georgian Antique Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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Early 18th Century European Antique Prints
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Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Prints
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Early 2000s American Modern Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Russian Modern Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
18th Century Dutch Other Antique Prints
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18th Century Dutch Other Antique Prints
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Early 2000s American Modern Prints
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Prints
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18th Century Dutch Other Antique Prints
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Early 2000s American Prints
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1780s French Antique Prints
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17th Century Dutch Other Antique Prints
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1760s Italian Antique Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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Early 2000s American Modern Prints
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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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.