From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Codogno e il suo territorio nella cronaca e nella storia'', Gio and Giarella Cairo, 1897.
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Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
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Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.
Source Daniel Beaton
A brown metallic grid pattern layered on top of a dark fabric texture. It should look great when using as a tiled background on web pages, especially blogs.
Source V. Hartikainen
I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
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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To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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Traced from a drawing in 'Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm', Wilhelm Carl Grimm , 1882.
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You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
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A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
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Classy golf-pants pattern, or crossed stripes if you will.
Source Will Monson
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
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Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
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Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma