Prints
1960s American Art Deco Vintage Prints
Metal
2010s French Renaissance Prints
Metal, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Silver Leaf
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Prints
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Silver Leaf
19th Century Modern Antique Prints
Silver Leaf
Late 20th Century Modern Prints
Paper
Early 1900s English Antique Prints
1890s English Antique Prints
1910s English Vintage Prints
1880s English Antique Prints
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century Prints
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Prints
Foil
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
2010s British American Colonial Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s American Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Paper, Giltwood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Prints
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
2010s British American Colonial Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1960s American American Classical Vintage Prints
Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century English Antique Prints
Glass, Paper
1860s Antique Prints
Paper
1980s Vintage Prints
Other
Early 20th Century Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Prints
Other
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
1880s English Antique Prints
1890s English Antique Prints
1890s English Antique Prints
20th Century Japanese Modern Prints
Silver, Copper
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.