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Source Viscious-Speed
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Analecta Eboracensia', Thomas Widdrington, 1897.
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileable wood boards texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Prismatic Polka Dots 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background
Source GDJ
Farmer could be some sort of fabric pattern, with a hint of green.
Source Fabian Schultz
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5
Source GDJ
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
The starting point for this was a texture drawn with the 'Radial Colors' plug-in in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß