Prints
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Wood, Paper
1990s Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century English George IV Prints
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
20th Century Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Prints
Paper
20th Century Prints
Paper
2010s British Prints
Paper
1790s German Other Antique Prints
Paper
1940s Spanish Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Early 1900s English Antique Prints
20th Century Prints
Paper
1930s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Prints
Paper
20th Century Prints
Paper
1970s Dutch Modern Vintage Prints
Other
Late 20th Century Canadian Modern Prints
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Prints
Hardwood
19th Century French Antique Prints
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
1880s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
1940s French Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century Irish Grand Tour Antique Prints
Paper
20th Century Italian Other Prints
Paper
Early 1900s American Romantic Antique Prints
Paper
1950s French Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1890s English Baroque Antique Prints
Paper
20th Century Italian Other Prints
Paper
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
1950s French Brutalist Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century American French Provincial Prints
Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
18th Century German Antique Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century Baroque Prints
Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Jute, Paint
19th Century English Antique Prints
Paper
1720s Dutch Renaissance Antique Prints
Paper
20th Century Prints
Paper
1930s Vintage Prints
Paper
1930s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Prints
Paper
1970s French Vintage Prints
Plexiglass, Paper
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s Austrian Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Prints
Silver Leaf
1950s French Modern Vintage Prints
Other
Early 19th Century French Grand Tour Antique Prints
Paper
1930s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
18th Century European Antique Prints
Giltwood, Paper
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
1990s British Modern Prints
Wood, Paper
1990s Prints
Oak, Paper
2010s Spanish Modern Prints
Paper
2010s Spanish Modern Prints
Paper
20th Century Italian Other Prints
Paper
20th Century English Prints
Paper, Glass, Wood
1920s English Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Art Nouveau 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.