Prints
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-18th Century British Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-18th Century British Antique Prints
Paper
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
1780s English Georgian Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century Antique Prints
Paper
17th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century Antique Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century French Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Prints
1950s French Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Paper
18th Century Italian Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
Mid-18th Century German Other Antique Prints
Velvet, Giltwood, Paper
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
Late 18th Century German Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
1950s British Art Deco Vintage Prints
Paper
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Prints
Paper
1950s French Vintage Prints
Plexiglass, Oak, Paper
1950s French Vintage Prints
Plexiglass, Oak, Paper
1950s French Vintage Prints
Plexiglass, Oak, Paper
1950s French Vintage Prints
Plexiglass, Oak, Paper
1950s French Vintage Prints
Plexiglass, Oak, Paper
1950s French Vintage Prints
Plexiglass, Oak, Paper
1950s French Vintage Prints
Plexiglass, Oak, Paper
1950s French Vintage Prints
Plexiglass, Oak, Paper
1950s French Vintage Prints
Plexiglass, Oak, Paper
1950s French Vintage Prints
Plexiglass, Oak, Paper
17th Century English Baroque Antique Prints
Paper
1950s British Art Deco Vintage Prints
Paper
16th Century German Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Prints
Paper
1950s American Vintage Prints
1790s English Classical Roman Antique Prints
Paper
1790s English Georgian Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Prints
Paper
1950s Dutch Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
18th Century Dutch Other Antique Prints
Paper
Early 18th Century European Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century Dutch Other Antique Prints
Paper
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Metal
18th Century Dutch Other Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century Dutch Other Antique Prints
Paper
1950s French Art Nouveau Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1780s French Antique Prints
Paper
1760s Italian Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century Antique Prints
Art Glass, Paper
17th Century Dutch Other Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-18th Century French Antique Prints
Paper
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century French Antique Prints
Paper, Giltwood
Early 17th Century Dutch Antique Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century American Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid-18th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1950s Italian Mid-Century 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.