Traced from a drawing in 'Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm', Wilhelm Carl Grimm , 1882.
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An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
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From a drawing in 'A Rolling Stone. A tale of wrongs and revenge', John Hartley, 1878.
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Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
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Medium gray fabric pattern with 45-degree lines going across.
Source Atle Mo
Looks like an old wall. I guess that’s it then?
Source Viahorizon
This pattern comes in orange, and it looks as if it is "made of glass".
Source V. Hartikainen
Number 5 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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Free tiled background with colorful stripes and white splatter.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Black brick wall pattern. Brick your site up!
Source Alex Parker
A seamless green background texture. The image is distributed under a Creative Commons License (like all of the images here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
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Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
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Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
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Derived from a corner decoration itself found as a jpg on Pixabay.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
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Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
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