From a drawing in 'La Principauté de Liège et les Pays-Bas au XVIe siècle', Société des Bibliophiles Liégeois ,1887.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
A free seamless background image with abstract texture of green "curtain".
Source V. Hartikainen
This texture looks like old leather. It should look great as a background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
After 1 comes 2, same but different. You get the idea.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte der Deutschen im Mittelalter' Franz von Loeher, 1891. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
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To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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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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A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
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Submitted in a cream color, but you know how I like it.
Source Devin Holmes