Prints
Mid-20th Century French Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1930s North American Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Prints
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Other Prints
Paper
1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1930s North American Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Prints
Glass, Mirror, Paper
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Prints
Canvas, Maple
Mid-20th Century German Country Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century German Country Prints
Paper
1930s American Vintage Prints
Paper
1930s North American Vintage Prints
Paper
1960s Italian Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Prints
Paper
1960s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1930s Vintage Prints
Paper
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century Post-Modern Prints
Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Prints
Silk
Mid-20th Century Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century Other Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Modern Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Prints
Canvas, Maple
1930s Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Prints
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Prints
Paper
1930s Vintage Prints
Paper
1930s Vintage Prints
1960s Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
1960s Italian Vintage Prints
Silk
1940s French Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1960s American Vintage Prints
Paper
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Prints
Glass, Wood
1940s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Prints
Canvas, Maple
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Prints
Canvas, Maple
Mid-20th Century American Prints
Fabric, Canvas, Glass, Wood
1960s Italian Vintage Prints
Canvas
Mid-20th Century Prints
Glass, Wood
1960s French Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1960s Swedish Vintage Prints
Paper
1960s American Vintage Prints
1950s Swedish Vintage Prints
1950s Swedish Vintage Prints
1940s British Vintage Prints
Paper
1930s British Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Wood, Paper
1930s British Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Prints
Paper
1950s American Mid-Century Modern 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.