From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.
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Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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From a drawing in 'Kingsdene', Maria Fetherstonehaugh, 1878.
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From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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From a drawing in 'Prose and Verse ', William Linton, 1836.
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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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Never out of fashion and so much hotter than the 45º everyone knows, here is a sweet 60º line pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
This beige background pattern resembles a concrete wall with engravings or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
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This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
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Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
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This background image is great for using in web design or graphic design projects. And don't forget to visit the homepage. I frequently update this resource with fresh tileable backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
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