Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
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A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
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This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
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More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Little x’es, noise and all the stuff you like. Dark like a Monday, with a hint of blue.
Source Tom McArdle
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
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From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
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This background pattern contains a texture of yellow wood planks. I think it looks quite original.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
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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 can never get enough of these tiny pixel patterns with sharp lines.
Source Designova
Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
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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From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
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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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Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.
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Background pattern originally a PNG drawn in Paint.net
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Prepared mostly as a raster in Paint.net and vectorised.
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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