From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
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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If you want png files of thisu can download them here :
Source Viscious-Speed
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by starchim01
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A repeating background of beige paper with vintage look. Repeats to infinity, as usual.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
A green background pattern with warped vertical stripes and a grunge look.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
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A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
Source Petr Šulc
You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
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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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From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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A criss-cross pattern similar to one I saw mown into a sports field.
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One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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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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Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
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I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
From a drawing in 'Handbook of the excursions proposed to be made by the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society, on the 27th and 28th of May, 1857', Edward Trollope, 1857.
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To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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