Prints
1890s Antique Prints
Paper
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Early 19th Century Antique Prints
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Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
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1990s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1830s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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Late 18th Century Antique Prints
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1810s Antique Prints
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1990s Prints
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s Vintage Prints
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1960s Modern Vintage Prints
Other
1810s Antique Prints
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1850s Antique Prints
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Early 2000s English Prints
Glass, Walnut, Paper
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Late 20th Century American Native American Prints
Wood, Paper
Mid-18th Century British Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
19th Century Antique Prints
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Early 20th Century Prints
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Late 18th Century Antique Prints
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Early 20th Century English Prints
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Prints
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1870s English Victorian Antique Prints
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1980s American Vintage Prints
Metal
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1830s Scottish Folk Art Antique Prints
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1980s Spanish Vintage Prints
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1970s American Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
1980s French Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1870s British Victorian Antique Prints
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1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Prints
Glass, Paper, Giltwood
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Prints
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1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1770s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
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1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1890s Antique Prints
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1890s French Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Early 1900s English Other Antique Prints
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Late 20th Century Belgian Modern Prints
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Prints
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1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Wood, Paper
20th Century French Prints
Wood, Paper
1960s Japanese Showa Vintage Prints
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1980s American Modern Vintage Prints
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1970s Vintage Prints
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1670s Antique Prints
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1870s English Victorian Antique Prints
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1790s Antique Prints
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1980s American Modern Vintage Prints
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20th Century French Expressionist Prints
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1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1960s English Sporting Art Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1970s French Modern Vintage Prints
Other
Early 19th Century British Antique Prints
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1930s Japanese Showa Vintage Prints
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Mid-20th Century Prints
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Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Prints
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Prints
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1840s Antique Prints
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2010s American Prints
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Early 20th Century Prints
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1840s Antique 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.