Prints
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper, Canvas, Walnut
Early 1900s American American Classical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper, Glass
Mid-20th Century American Classical Prints
Wood, Paper
1720s French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
1810s German Neoclassical Antique Prints
Giltwood, Laid Paper
1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
17th Century Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Prints
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century North American Late Victorian Prints
Gesso, Paper
1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper, Wood
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Walnut
1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Prints
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Prints
Wood, Paper
1830s American American Classical Antique Prints
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
1890s European Late Victorian Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
1880s American American Classical Antique Prints
Paper
1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Prints
Paper
20th Century American Neoclassical Prints
Glass, Wood
1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
1980s American American Classical Vintage Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century American American Classical Prints
Other
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
1830s English American Classical Antique Prints
Gesso, Giltwood, Paper
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
1770s Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Glass, Paper, Wood
19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
1820s Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper, Wood
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Mid-19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Giltwood, 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.