From a drawing in 'Hundert Jahre in Wort und Bild', S. Stefan, 1899.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Inspired by an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by geralt
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There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.
Source Struck Axiom
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
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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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Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
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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Medium gray fabric pattern with 45-degree lines going across.
Source Atle Mo
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
He influenced us all. “Don’t be sad because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
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Redrawn based on a drawing in 'По Сѣверо-Западу Россіи' Konstantin Sluchevsky, 1897.
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A seamless pattern made from the gold Penrose triangle by GDJ and the two remixes
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This tiled background comes in red and consists of tiles that look like gemstones. It is more for blogs or social profiles, I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
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Here's a quite bright pink background pattern for use on websites. It doesn't look like a real fur, but it definitely resembles one.
Source V. Hartikainen
As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
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Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background derived from an image on Pixabay.
Source GDJ
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'Picturesque New Guinea', J Lindt, 1887.
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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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