Floral background 20 #1813
Red CC 0Derived from a drawing in 'Elfrica. An historical romance of the twelfth century', Charlotte Boger, 1885
Source Firkin
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Red CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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Floral pattern 13 #1756
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