From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by gingertea
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
From a drawing in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
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Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
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You know, tiny and sharp. I’m sure you’ll find a use for it.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
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Floral patterns might not be the hottest thing right now, but you never know when you need it!
Source Lauren
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
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A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.
Source Omar Alvarado
Just like your old suit, all striped and smooth.
Source Alex Berkowitz
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.
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Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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From a drawing in 'Less Black than we're painted', James Payn, 1884.
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Inspired by a 1930s wallpaper pattern I saw on TV.
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