From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
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Inspired by a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte', Freidrich Hellwald, 1896.
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The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
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Inspired by a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte', Freidrich Hellwald, 1896.
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From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
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A yellow tiled background... Blurriness, bokeh effect and rectangles pattern in one mix.
Source V. Hartikainen
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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Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Square design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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Inspired by a 1930s wallpaper pattern I saw on TV.
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This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.
Source Eady
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Osckar
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Zero CC tileable grass texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless texture of black leather. I think it will look best when used in headers, footers or sidebars.
Source V. Hartikainen
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker