From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
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Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
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A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
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To get the tile this is made up from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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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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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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Never out of fashion and so much hotter than the 45º everyone knows, here is a sweet 60º line pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
You can never get enough of these tiny pixel patterns with sharp lines.
Source Designova
Inspired by a design found in 'Konstantinápolyi emlékeim', Miklos Chriszto, 1893.
Source Firkin
Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
Fix and cc0 to get the tile this is based on.
Source SliverKnight
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
An attempt for cleaning up the original image in a few steps.
Source Lazur URH
Seamless pattern the basic tile for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem