Prints
1810s British Regency Antique Prints
Hardwood, Paper
1910s Scottish Late Victorian Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Prints
Giltwood, Paper
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
20th Century American Regency Prints
Canvas
20th Century American Regency Prints
Paper
1810s English Regency Antique Prints
Paper
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century British Late Victorian Prints
Mirror, Wood, Paper
Early 1900s American Late Victorian Antique Prints
Paper
1810s Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Prints
Glass, Wood
Early 19th Century Italian Regency Antique Prints
Copper
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century European Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century North American Late Victorian Prints
Gesso, Paper
Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Prints
Paper
1890s European Late Victorian Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Prints
Paper
1810s English Regency Antique Prints
Canvas, Wood
Mid-19th Century French Regency Antique Prints
Paper, Wood
1830s English Regency Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century Dutch Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1990s Dutch Modern Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century British Victorian Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1810s British Sporting Art Antique Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century Prints
Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Prints
Paper
1970s Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century Cuban Modern Prints
Giltwood, Paper
Mid-19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
19th Century English Regency Antique Prints
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century American Regency Prints
Wood, Paper, Glass
Early 19th Century European Regency Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Early 1800s Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Prints
Velvet, Paper
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century Regency Antique Prints
Glass
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century Late Victorian 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.