Prints
21st Century and Contemporary Prints
Paper
1930s British Islamic Vintage Prints
Paper
18th Century German Antique Prints
Paper
Early 20th Century English George IV Prints
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
1840s English Folk Art Antique Prints
Paper
18th Century European Antique Prints
Giltwood, Paper
1930s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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2010s Spanish Modern Prints
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20th Century English Prints
Paper, Glass, Wood
1930s Vintage Prints
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20th Century Italian Other Prints
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
2010s Spanish Modern Prints
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1980s French Vintage Prints
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20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1920s English Vintage Prints
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1980s European Modern Vintage Prints
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2010s Spanish Modern Prints
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1850s English Romantic Antique Prints
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Late 20th Century American French Provincial Prints
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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20th Century French Prints
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Late 18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Prints
Wood, Paper
Mid-20th Century North American Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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2010s Spanish Modern Prints
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1930s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Prints
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Prints
Stainless Steel
1930s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Late 20th Century Prints
Hardwood
Mid-20th Century American Art Nouveau Prints
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1960s Modern Vintage Prints
Other
1990s Prints
Oak, Paper
1850s English Baroque Antique Prints
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1990s French Modern Prints
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Late 19th Century Antique Prints
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Mid-20th Century Italian Prints
Silver Leaf
19th Century British Antique Prints
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Prints
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1890s English Baroque Antique Prints
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1960s French Other Vintage Prints
Other
1970s American Modern Vintage Prints
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1940s Dutch Vintage Prints
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1650s Antique Prints
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1970s Vintage Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary American Country Prints
Glass, Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Prints
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1780s English Folk Art Antique Prints
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1820s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Prints
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Prints
Wood, Canvas
Early 19th Century English Romantic Antique Prints
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1630s Antique Prints
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Prints
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Prints
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Prints
Glass, Wood, 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.