From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
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It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
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Colour version of the original pattern.
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This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
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Inspired by a pattern I saw in a 19th century book. This seamless pattern was created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
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A set of paper filters. The base texture is generated the same way, only the compositing mode is varied.
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Derived from a corner decoration itself found as a jpg on Pixabay.
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Seamless pattern formed from a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
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You may use it as is, or modify it as you like.
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Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
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Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background
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Here is a new seamless wood texture for using as blog or website backgrounds.
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Green Background Pattern
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