From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
A dark striped seamless pattern suitable for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
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.
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The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
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From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
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This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin