From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
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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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Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Sharp but soft triangles in light shades of gray.
Source Pixeden
A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102
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Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
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
I took the liberty of using Dmitry’s pattern and made a version without perforation.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A yellow tiled background... Blurriness, bokeh effect and rectangles pattern in one mix.
Source V. Hartikainen
A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.
Source Omar Alvarado
The classic notebook paper with horizontal stripes.
Source Are Sundnes
A seamlessly tileable pink background texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
A dark striped seamless pattern suitable for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ
An abstract web texture of a polished blue stone (or does it look more like ice).
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
I guess this one is inspired by an office. A dark office.
Source Andrés Rigo.
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin