From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
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Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
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Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
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A seamless background of warped stripes on paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
The base gradient edited so now more details are rendered.
Source Lazur URH
If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.
Source Ian Soper
Cubes as far as your eyes can see. You know, because they tile.
Source Jan Meeus
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background
Source GDJ
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
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Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
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A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
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Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. 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 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
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From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
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A seamless marble-like texture colored in light blue.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
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