From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
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Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
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Real snow that tiles, not easy. This is not perfect, but an attempt.
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Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background
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Prismatic Abstract Background Design
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From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.
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As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
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Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
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Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
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A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
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Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
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Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
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To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
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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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Here's a bluish gray striped background pattern for use on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen