Original minus the background
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A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
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From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
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The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
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Seamless pattern formed from a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
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Bumps, highlight and shadows – all good things.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
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Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102
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New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
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Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Star Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
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A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
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A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
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A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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This is a seamless pattern which is derived from a flower petal image.
Source Yamachem