Part of Bayeux Tapestry 1 #2452
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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.

Source Firkin

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Black And White Floral Pattern Background Inverse #196
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Black And White Floral Pattern Background Inverse

Source GDJ

Background pattern 8 (black) #209
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Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net

Source Firkin

Project Papper #119
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Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?

Source Rafael Almeida

Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background@2X #570
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Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).

Source GDJ

Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background@2X #448
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Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background

Source GDJ

Little Pluses@2X #74
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Subtle grunge and many little pluses on top.

Source Atle Mo

Diamond pattern (colour 7) #2274
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From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 #461
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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4

Source GDJ

Sine wave background 2 #1734
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The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin