Prints
Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Prints
Paper
1920s British Moorish Vintage Prints
Paper
1910s British Romantic Vintage Prints
Paper
1920s French Folk Art Vintage Prints
Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
1910s British Art Nouveau Vintage Prints
Paper
1850s English Other Antique Prints
Paper
1920s British Moorish Vintage Prints
Paper
1920s British Moorish Vintage Prints
Paper
1910s British Romantic Vintage Prints
Paper
1990s Dutch Modern Prints
Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
1980s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Prints
Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Gesso, Paper
1930s American Vintage Prints
Wicker, Glass, Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary French Country Prints
Gold Leaf
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
1920s British Moorish Vintage Prints
Paper
1920s British Moorish Vintage Prints
Paper
1940s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Antique Prints
Brass
1920s British Moorish Vintage Prints
Paper
1920s French Folk Art Vintage Prints
Paper
1930s American Vintage Prints
Paper
1870s Antique Prints
Paper
1830s Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Craftsman Prints
Paper
1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1920s British Moorish Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
20th Century Prints
Wood, Paper
20th Century Tribal Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
20th Century American Prints
Wood, Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Oak, Paper
1850s English Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
1990s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
1910s British Romantic Vintage Prints
Paper
Early 2000s Italian Modern Prints
Paper, Wood
1970s Vintage Prints
Paper
1920s British Moorish Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century English Late Victorian Prints
Paper
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paint, Paper
1970s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1960s Spanish Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1880s Japanese Antique Prints
Paper
1970s Italian Vintage Prints
Acrylic
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Wood, Paper
1970s French Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Prints
Wood, Paper
19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Prints
Other
1650s German Antique Prints
Paper, Giltwood, Glass
Late 20th Century Modern Prints
Paper
1980s American Vintage Prints
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1850s Scottish Other Antique Prints
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1990s American Minimalist 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.