Prints
1960s French Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Persian Prints
Paper
1970s Japanese Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1970s German Modern Vintage Prints
Silver Leaf
1970s German Expressionist Vintage Prints
Cut Glass, Pine, Lacquer, Paper
1990s Spanish Prints
Paper
1910s British Other Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Art Deco Prints
Paper
Early 1900s American Romantic Antique Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Prints
Paper
Early 1900s British Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Prints
Silk
Late 20th Century American Native American Prints
Paper
1930s British Islamic Vintage Prints
Paper
1990s American Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century English Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Prints
Silk
1930s British Islamic Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Glass, Wood
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Prints
Silk
1930s British Islamic Vintage Prints
Paper
1930s British Islamic Vintage Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Hungarian Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Prints
Paper
1950s French Art Nouveau Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Prints
Wood, Paper
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Prints
Paper
1960s Swedish Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1990s Native American Prints
Paper
1920s English Louis XV Vintage Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Prints
Paper
1990s Dutch Prints
Paper
1930s British Islamic Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Prints
Paper
1910s Scottish Late Victorian Vintage Prints
Paper
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
1990s Unknown Post-Modern Prints
Wood, Paper
1990s Native American Prints
Paper
1930s Vintage Prints
Paper
20th Century Danish Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century English Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century English Prints
Paper
1960s Danish Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1960s Japanese Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
Mid-20th Century English Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1990s American Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century English Prints
Paper
1990s American Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Craftsman Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century Prints
Paper
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Prints
Paper
1950s Vintage Prints
Glass
Mid-20th Century Prints
Paper
1930s American Vintage Prints
Paper
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood
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.