Inspired by a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte', Freidrich Hellwald, 1896.
Source Firkin
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
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Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod
This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
Simple wide squares with a small indent. Fits all.
Source Petr Šulc.
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by k_jprather
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
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From a drawing in 'A Rolling Stone. A tale of wrongs and revenge', John Hartley, 1878.
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From a drawing in 'A Guide to the Guildhall of the City of London', John Baddeley, 1898.
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You were craving more leather, so I whipped this up by scanning a leather jacket.
Source Atle Mo
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
Someone was asking about how to achieve a fur pattern at #inkscape irc so tried to make a filter on it. Flood filled fractal noises rigged together. May someone find a good use for these.
Source Lazur URH
Prismatic Polyskelion Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
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From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
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This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.
Source Olivier Pineda
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
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