Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
The name is totally random, but hey, it sounds good.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
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Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Seamless Background For Websites. It has a texture similar to cork-board.
Source V. Hartikainen
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Actually remixed from a pattern on Pixabay. But then noticed a very similar one on Openclipart.org uploaded by btj51q2.
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The original has been presented as black on transparent and stored in the pattern definitions. To retrieve the unit tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
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A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'light rays' rendering in Paint.net.
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Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
This one needs to be used in small areas; you can see it repeat.
Source Luca
An alternative colour scheme for the original seamless texture formed from an image on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
A set of paper filters. The base texture is generated the same way, only the compositing mode is varied.
Source Lazur URH
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
A free seamless background texture of "timber wall" (colored in dark brown).
Source V. Hartikainen