From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok
A seamless design of flowers remixed from a jpg on Pixabay by Prawny.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
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A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
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Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861
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Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
A seamless pattern formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
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This one resembles a black concrete wall when is tiled. It should look great, at least with dark website themes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by susanlu4esm
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The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape 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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Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
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Colour version that is close to the original drawing uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker.
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Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
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Abstract Stars Geometric Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
Inspired by a drawing in 'Poems', James Smith, 1881.
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Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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