From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
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Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.
Source Daniel Beaton
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
Bumps, highlight and shadows – all good things.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
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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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From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
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In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
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.
Source Firkin
Adapted from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Anerma.
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Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
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Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background
Source GDJ