From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
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Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
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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Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.
Source Stefan Aleksić
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
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Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
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Inspired by a 1930s wallpaper pattern I saw on TV.
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Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Here's a seamless brown cork board background texture. Feel free to download or reshare if you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
By popular request, an outline version of the pentagon pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
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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From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
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Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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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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Tiny little fibers making a soft and sweet look.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Remixed 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.
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Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
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