From a drawing in 'Handbook of the excursions proposed to be made by the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society, on the 27th and 28th of May, 1857', Edward Trollope, 1857.
Source Firkin
Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
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From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.
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A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
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Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5
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A series of 5 patterns. That’s what the P stands for, if you didn’t guess it.
Source Dima Shiper
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Remixed from a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte der Deutschen im Mittelalter' Franz von Loeher, 1891. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
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A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
This is the remix of "polka dot seamless pattern".The image depicts polka dot seamless pattern.
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Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
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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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From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
Prismatic Isometric Cube Wireframe Pattern No Background
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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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Here I have tried to create something that would look like maple wood. Not sure how well it's turned out, but at least it looks like wood.
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