Prints
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Prints
Paper
1890s French Antique Prints
Paper, Giltwood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Prints
Paper
16th Century French Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
1990s German Minimalist Prints
Paper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-18th Century German Georgian Antique Prints
Paper
1970s American Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
17th Century Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century Irish George IV Antique Prints
Paper
1920s English Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s Bauhaus Vintage Prints
Glass, Paper
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Prints
Paper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1910s English Vintage Prints
Early 19th Century Italian Georgian Antique Prints
Paper
1890s American Antique Prints
Paper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-18th Century Italian Georgian Antique Prints
Paper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Prints
Paper
1950s English Vintage Prints
1950s Vintage Prints
Paper
1910s English Vintage Prints
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Canvas
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1890s English Antique Prints
Late 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
1960s American Vintage Prints
Masonite
1620s English Jacobean Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century American Victorian Antique Prints
Wood, Walnut, Paper
1770s French Georgian Antique Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Revival Antique Prints
Paper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Early 1700s English Antique Prints
Late 19th Century American Antique Prints
Paper
1890s English Antique Prints
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Lithograph
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century English Antique Prints
Paper, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Prints
Canvas, Wood
Early 1900s English Antique Prints
1930s English Vintage Prints
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1910s Vintage Prints
Early 1900s English Antique Prints
1970s American Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1890s English Antique Prints
1970s 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.