From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
The starting point for this was a texture drawn with the 'Radial Colors' plug-in in Paint.net.
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Inspired by an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by geralt
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Canadian forest industries July-December', 1915
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One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
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A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
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Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
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From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
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A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
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Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2
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Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background
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An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
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A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
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Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
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A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
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From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
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A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
Inspired by a pattern I saw in a 19th century book. This seamless pattern was created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
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A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
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