Prints
19th Century Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
Late 18th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1920s French Vintage Prints
Paper
1730s Antique Prints
Paper
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Early 1800s Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1850s English Black Forest Antique Prints
Paper
Early 1700s French Antique Prints
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Late 18th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1790s Antique Prints
Paper
Early 1700s Antique Prints
Paper
1850s English Black Forest Antique Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Metal
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
1750s Antique Prints
Paper
1830s English Georgian Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1980s American Vintage Prints
Gesso, Glass
Mid-20th Century German Country Prints
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Greco Roman Prints
Glass, Paint, Paper
1730s Dutch Antique Prints
Paper
20th Century French Art Deco Prints
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Prints
Wood, Paper
1830s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century Antique Prints
Paper
1920s British Moorish Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Early 19th Century French Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid-19th Century French Antique Prints
Paper
2010s American Modern Prints
Paint, Paper
Mid-20th Century Italian Prints
Glass, Wood
1970s American Modern Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-19th Century French Antique Prints
Paper
1990s American American Classical Prints
Plastic, Paper
1920s French Vintage Prints
Other
Late 19th Century German Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century Antique Prints
Paper
19th Century French Antique Prints
Glass, Giltwood
20th Century British Modern Prints
Canvas
1920s Vintage Prints
Paper
19th Century French Regency Antique Prints
Acrylic, Giltwood, Paper
Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Prints
Paper
1930s British Moorish Vintage Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century French Modern Prints
Paper
Late 19th Century British Sporting Art Antique Prints
Paper, Wood
Late 19th Century German Antique Prints
Paper
1770s Italian Classical Roman Antique Prints
Plaster
Early 20th Century French Prints
Paper
1850s Antique Prints
Paper
1850s Antique Prints
Paper
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Prints
Wood, Lacquer, Paper
Mid-17th Century Italian Antique Prints
Paper
Early 2000s Mid-Century Modern Prints
Paper
1920s British Art Nouveau Vintage Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century English Georgian Prints
Wood, Paper, Glass
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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.





