Floral design 99 (colour) #1777
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
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Dark CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.
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"Pink Bump Dots", Background Tile #1234
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Floral background #1973
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Smooth Dark Wall #1266
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Light CC BY-SA 3.0As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
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