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Cardboard@2X #279
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.

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Background pattern 261 #2076
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Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861

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Background pattern 277 #2029
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A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.

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Hexagonal pattern (colour) #2378
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A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.

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Background pattern 214 #2377
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A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.

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Background pattern 333 #1741
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The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i

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Vintage pattern #1960
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Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.

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Tessellation 16 #2215
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The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.

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