Prints
Early 20th Century Art Deco Prints
Paper
1960s British Vintage Prints
Other
Early 20th Century English Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Craftsman Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century Norwegian Prints
Other
1920s British Art Nouveau Vintage Prints
Paper
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
20th Century American Prints
Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century American Craftsman Prints
Paper
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century North American Prints
Oak
1970s Dutch Vintage Prints
Paper
1980s Croatian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Other
Early 20th Century English Sporting Art Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century Art Deco Prints
Paper
1970s American Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1970s Japanese Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century Asian Prints
Paper
1970s Vintage Prints
Paper
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century Prints
Paper
20th Century Prints
Wire
1980s Swedish Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1960s Spanish Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1960s Swiss Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Prints
Paper
20th Century Japanese Prints
Paper
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1980s American Modern Vintage Prints
Gold Leaf
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood
Mid-20th Century Austrian Renaissance Prints
Wood, Paper
1970s French Vintage Prints
Plywood
Early 20th Century English Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century British Modern Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century English Prints
Paper
1990s Swedish Modern Prints
Paper
1910s Italian Arts and Crafts Vintage Prints
Paper
1920s British Art Nouveau Vintage Prints
Paper
1990s Swedish Modern Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century English Prints
Paper
1990s Swedish Modern Prints
Paper
1980s Canadian Vintage Prints
Canvas
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
1970s Japanese Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Prints
Paper
1920s British Art Nouveau Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century American Anglo-Japanese Prints
Metal
20th Century Unknown Modern Prints
Paper
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century American Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1990s Swedish Modern Prints
Paper
20th Century American Art Nouveau Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
20th Century American Art Nouveau Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1980s American Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1970s 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.