Prints
Late 19th Century American Classical Antique Prints
Paper
1710s Dutch Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
1710s Dutch Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
1990s American American Classical Prints
Plastic, Paper
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
1920s German American Classical Vintage Prints
Canvas, Paper
18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Prints
Linen, Cork, Paper
Late 20th Century American Classical Prints
Paper
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Giltwood, Paper
18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Prints
Copper
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Prints
Linen, Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century American Classical Prints
Paper
18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Prints
Linen, Giltwood, Paper
Late 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Prints
Linen, Wood, Giltwood, Paper
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Prints
Linen, Wood, Paper
17th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper, Gesso, Linen, Giltwood
1940s American Classical Vintage Prints
Paper
20th Century American American Classical Prints
Metal
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Prints
Giltwood
18th Century French American Classical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
18th Century Italian American Classical Antique Prints
Paper, Wood
19th Century French American Classical Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century American Classical Prints
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Prints
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Prints
Wood, Paper
18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
20th Century Neoclassical Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
19th Century Italian American Classical Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century French American Classical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
Mid-19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Prints
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Prints
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Prints
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Prints
Wood, Paper
Early 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Giltwood, Paper
20th Century French Neoclassical Prints
Paper
1820s American American Classical Antique Prints
Paper
1810s English Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
20th Century American American Classical Prints
Glass, Hardwood, Paper
Mid-19th Century American Classical Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Prints
Gold Leaf
Late 19th Century American Classical Antique Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Prints
Gold Leaf
1790s Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
1770s European Neoclassical Antique Prints
Other
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Prints
Canvas
Late 20th Century American Classical Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century German Neoclassical Antique Prints
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
1810s Italian Neoclassical Antique 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.