antique prints
Old decorative engravings
Antique prints are printed images—engravings, etchings, lithographs, woodcuts—old enough to be considered collectible, typically at least a century old.
The term covers maps, botanical illustrations, fashion plates, and architectural drawings.
Dealers and collectors distinguish between original antique prints and modern reproductions: She found a set of antique prints at the estate sale.
The cutoff for "antique" varies by market.
- foxingBrown paper stains
- woodcutRelief print from timber
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- mezzotintTone-based intaglio method
engraving · aquatint · provenance · auction house · chromolithography · Currier and Ives · fine art print · authentication · Hogarth · ink · rarity · museum quality · Art Nouveau · monotype · intaglio · gallery wall · gilt frame · Symbolism
- antiquesantiques, Greek vases, brass candlestick, heirloom, highboy
- printmakingprint, woodcuts, woodcut, lithography, etchings
- art marketauction, art dealer, limited editions, art sale, editions
- historical reproductionsperiod costumes, historical portraits
- lithographylithograph, lithography, gum arabic, chromolithography, photolithography
- ukiyo-eukiyo-e, woodblocks, woodblock, publishers, color separation