From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
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Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
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Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
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You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
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Someone was asking about how to achieve a fur pattern at #inkscape irc so tried to make a filter on it. Flood filled fractal noises rigged together. May someone find a good use for these.
Source Lazur URH
A seamless dark leather-like background texture with diagonal lines that look like stitches.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
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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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Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern formed from miutopia's cakes on a tablecloth.
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Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
All good things come in threes, so I give you the third in my little concrete wall series.
Source Atle Mo