From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
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A background pattern with a look of rough fabric.
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Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
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Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
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Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
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The base gradient edited so now more details are rendered.
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Seamless pattern inspired by a drawing on Pixabay. To get the tile this is formed from, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
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Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 8
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Seamless Dark Grunge Texture. Here's a new grunge texture for use as a background.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
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The tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i. Remixed from a drawing in 'Flowers of Song', Frederick Weatherly, 1895.
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This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
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From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
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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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Looks a bit like concrete with subtle specks spread around the pattern.
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Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
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As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
A repeating background of beige paper with vintage look. Repeats to infinity, as usual.
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Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
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