From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
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Here's a bluish gray striped background pattern for use on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
The image depicts meshed silhouettes of various things.The original image is an OCAL clipart called "Enter FOSSASIA 2016 #IoT T-shirt Design Contest" uploaded by "openclipart".Thanks.
Source Yamachem
This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
Remixed from a drawing in 'Очерки Русской Исторіи въ памятникахъ быта', Petr Polevoi, 1879.
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Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
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A background pattern with green vertical stripes. A new striped background pattern. This time a green one.
Source V. Hartikainen
Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A light gray background pattern with seamless fabric-like texture and almost unnoticeable stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
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CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by captenpub.
Source Firkin
Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.
Source Ian Soper
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
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