From a drawing in 'A Rolling Stone. A tale of wrongs and revenge', John Hartley, 1878.
Source Firkin
Alternative colour scheme to the original.
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Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.
Colorful Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
This background pattern looks like bamboo to me. Feel free to download it for your website (for your blog perhaps?).
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
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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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Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
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The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
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A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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A bit strange this one, but nice at the same time.
Source Diogo Silva
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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Submitted in a cream color, but you know how I like it.
Source Devin Holmes
A bit strange this one, but nice at the same time.
Source Diogo Silva
Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.
Source Struck Axiom
Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
Source Ashton