From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
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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Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by VictorianLady
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
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Clean and crisp lines all over the place. Wrap it up with this one.
Source Dax Kieran
Inspired by a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte', Freidrich Hellwald, 1896.
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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
A free tileable background colored in off-white (antique white) color.
Source V. Hartikainen
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo
A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
A dark brown fabric-like background texture with seamless pattern of winding stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
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