Prints
1960s Spanish Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1910s English Vintage Prints
Early 1900s English Antique Prints
1910s English Vintage Prints
1910s English Vintage Prints
1990s Japanese Prints
Hardwood, Paper
1910s American Vintage Prints
Paper
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Prints
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1860s American Antique Prints
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1930s American Vintage Prints
Paper
1980s American Modern Vintage Prints
Gold Leaf
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Linen
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
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1980s American Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1970s Vintage Prints
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Early 1900s English Antique Prints
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
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1970s Italian Vintage Prints
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1980s American Vintage Prints
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1980s Vintage Prints
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Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
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Mid-19th Century Irish Grand Tour Antique Prints
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1980s Vintage Prints
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1980s Russian Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paint, Paper
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Prints
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1970s English Vintage Prints
Mid-19th Century Belgian Victorian Antique Prints
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1660s German Charles II Antique Prints
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Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique Prints
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Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique Prints
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Late 18th Century German Georgian Antique Prints
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1930s American Native American Vintage Prints
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1990s Italian Other Prints
Lacquer, Paper
1940s Georgian Vintage Prints
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1870s English Victorian Antique Prints
Glass, Paper
1870s English Victorian Antique Prints
Glass, Paper
1930s American Native American Vintage Prints
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1950s Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Prints
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19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Prints
Giltwood, Paper
2010s North American Modern Prints
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Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Prints
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1970s Vintage Prints
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1980s American Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
1830s Native American Antique Prints
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Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique Prints
Maple, Paper
1780s French Georgian Antique Prints
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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1770s Italian Georgian Antique Prints
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19th Century American Country Antique Prints
Mid-18th Century German Georgian Antique Prints
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1960s American Chinoiserie Vintage Prints
Enamel, Pewter, Bronze
18th Century English Antique Prints
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18th Century English Rococo Antique Prints
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood
Early 1800s English Antique Prints
Giltwood, Paper
1990s American Modern Prints
Paper
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.