From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.
Source Firkin
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
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.
Source Firkin
Cubes as far as your eyes can see. You know, because they tile.
Source Jan Meeus
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
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From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
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.
Source Firkin
Looks as if it's spray painted on the wall. You can be sure that this pattern will seamlessly fill your backgrounds on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pale yellow paper background with a pattern of animal tracks.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern of dark bricks. Maybe it's not very realistic, but it looks good in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks. https://cloaks.deviantart.com
Source Atle Mo
It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
Source Petr Šulc
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
A new take on the black linen pattern. Softer this time.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Osckar
Source Firkin