From a drawing in 'A Rolling Stone. A tale of wrongs and revenge', John Hartley, 1878.
Source Firkin
There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
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Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.
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The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Zero CC tileable bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
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A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
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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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A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra
Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.
Source Daniel Beaton
Classy golf-pants pattern, or crossed stripes if you will.
Source Will Monson
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
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I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'Codogno e il suo territorio nella cronaca e nella storia'', Gio and Giarella Cairo, 1897.
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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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