Prints
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Late 18th Century Louis XVI Antique Prints
Giltwood, Paper
17th Century Dutch Napoleon III Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century Italian Napoleon III Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Prints
Paper
17th Century Dutch Napoleon III Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century Austrian Napoleon III Antique Prints
Paper, Wood
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Prints
Giltwood
Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Prints
Glass, Mahogany, Paper
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Prints
Paper
1780s French Louis XVI Antique Prints
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Prints
Wood, Paper
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Prints
Paper
20th Century French Louis XVI Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century Louis XVI Antique Prints
Mirror, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Prints
Giltwood, Paper
Late 20th Century French Louis XVI Prints
Wood, Paper
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Antique Prints
Glass, Paper, Wood
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Prints
Paper
1790s Louis XVI Antique Prints
Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Antique 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.