From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
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Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
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From a drawing in 'Hyde Park from Domesday-Book to date', John Ashton, 1896.
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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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Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Feel free to download this "Dark Wood" background texture for your web site. The background tiles seamlessly!
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Remix from a drawing in 'Ostatnie chwile powstania styczniowego', Zygmunt Sulima, 1887.
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A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
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A pattern formed from a photograph of a 16th century ceramic tile.
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Abstract Tiled Background Extended 10
Source GDJ
Use shift+alt+i on the selected rectangle in Inkscape to get the tile this is based on
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Inspired by a drawing seen in 'City of Liverpool', James Picton, 1883.
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Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok
Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.
Source Atle Mo
If you don’t like cream and pixels, you’re in the wrong place.
Source Mizanur Rahman
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
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Mostly just mucked about with the colours and made one of the paths in the lead frame opaque. The glass remains transparent.
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I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
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Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker