Mostly just mucked about with the colours and made one of the paths in the lead frame opaque. The glass remains transparent.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
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Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
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Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
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Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
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A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
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The tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i. Remixed from a drawing in 'Flowers of Song', Frederick Weatherly, 1895.
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Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
The following orange background pattern resembles a honeycomb.
Source V. Hartikainen
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
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From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
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Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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A pale olive green background with a seamless texture.
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A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
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To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie