Prints
19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
20th Century American Modern Prints
Plexiglass, Paper
20th Century Spanish Art Deco Prints
Metal
Mid-19th Century French Antique Prints
Paper
1990s American Modern Prints
Paper
1880s Antique Prints
Paper
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century North American Post-Modern Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century French Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century European Antique Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century French Modern Prints
Paper
1730s Dutch Antique Prints
Paper
Early 1900s English Georgian Antique Prints
Paper
Early 1800s Antique Prints
Paper
1850s German Antique Prints
Paper
1860s German Antique Prints
Paper
1970s American Vintage Prints
Mirror
18th Century British Antique Prints
Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
1830s Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1740s Antique Prints
Paper
1810s English Romantic Antique Prints
Paint
1810s Antique Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century North American Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1960s German Country Vintage Prints
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Prints
Brass
Mid-19th Century French Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
Late 20th Century Canadian Gothic Prints
Paint, Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Prints
Paper
1790s Antique Prints
Paper
1880s English Gothic Antique Prints
Paper
1880s English Romantic Antique Prints
Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Prints
Paper
1970s Vintage Prints
Paper
Early 1800s French Antique Prints
Paper
1820s Antique Prints
Paper
1860s French Antique Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century English Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century Japanese Antique Prints
Paper
1710s Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century French Regency Antique Prints
Acrylic, Giltwood, Paper
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century French Prints
Paper
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Prints
Paper
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Prints
Paper
Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Prints
Paper
15th Century and Earlier German Antique Prints
Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
1880s English Gothic Revival Antique Prints
Paper
1840s English Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-17th Century Italian Antique Prints
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1820s French Antique Prints
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2010s Prints
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1830s English Chinoiserie 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.





