Prints
Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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1990s American Modern Prints
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Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
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Late 19th Century Antique Prints
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Prints
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Prints
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Prints
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Late 18th Century Antique Prints
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Late 19th Century Antique Prints
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1770s Antique Prints
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19th Century Antique Prints
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1790s English Romantic Antique Prints
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18th Century French Antique Prints
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Late 19th Century Antique Prints
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Late 19th Century Antique Prints
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Late 17th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Prints
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Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
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1880s Antique Prints
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16th Century Italian Other Antique Prints
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Late 19th Century Antique Prints
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1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Prints
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Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
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1850s American Antique Prints
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Prints
Agate, Coral, Gold Leaf
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1810s British Regency Antique Prints
Hardwood, Paper
20th Century European Prints
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1980s American Modern Vintage Prints
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Mid-18th Century Antique Prints
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Prints
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Late 19th Century Antique Prints
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18th Century Antique Prints
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1710s Antique Prints
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Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
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19th Century Antique Prints
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Prints
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19th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Antique Prints
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Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
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Late 20th Century American Modern Prints
Glass, Lacquer, Paper
1980s American Modern Vintage Prints
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Early 20th Century Asian Prints
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Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
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1840s Antique Prints
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Early 20th Century Prints
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1950s American Modern Vintage Prints
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Mid-20th Century French Expressionist Prints
Wood, Paper
Late 18th Century Antique Prints
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Late 20th Century Prints
Giltwood, Paper
19th Century Antique Prints
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1870s Antique Prints
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Mid-18th Century Antique Prints
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Late 19th Century German Antique Prints
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Late 20th Century Austrian Post-Modern Prints
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20th Century 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.