Prints
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Cotton, Paper
Early 2000s English Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Cotton, Paper
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
1980s American Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
2010s European Grand Tour Prints
Paper
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
2010s Italian Prints
Paper
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood
Early 2000s Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Prints
Paper
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Cut Glass, Oak, Lacquer, Paper
Late 20th Century Prints
Paper
1970s American Vintage Prints
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Wood, Paper
2010s Spanish Modern Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper, Glass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Modern Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
2010s Spanish Modern Prints
Paper
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Silver
Late 20th Century French Prints
Plexiglass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century French Folk Art Prints
Wood
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Prints
Paper, Wood
1970s English Modern Vintage Prints
Brass
Early 2000s American Modern Prints
Paper
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper, Wood, Glass
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Prints
Glass, Paper, Wood
Early 2000s American Prints
Paper
1980s Mexican Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Prints
Silk
Late 20th Century Prints
Silk
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1990s Spanish Prints
Paper
1970s German Modern Vintage Prints
Cut Glass, Pine, Lacquer, Paper
Late 20th Century Persian Prints
Paper
1970s German Modern Vintage Prints
Silver Leaf
Late 20th Century Prints
Paper
Early 2000s American Modern Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Prints
Silk
1970s Japanese Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1970s German Expressionist Vintage Prints
Cut Glass, Pine, Lacquer, Paper
Late 20th Century Prints
Silk
1990s American Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Glass, Wood
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
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.