From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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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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This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
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The name is totally random, but hey, it sounds good.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
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Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
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Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
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A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
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From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
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Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
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Plywood Web Background background image for use in web design.
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From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
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Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background
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Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
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An abstract texture of black metal pipes (seamless).
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Not sure if this is related to the Nami you get in Google image search, but hey, it’s nice!
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You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
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A seamless pattern with wide vertical stripes colored in pale yellow.
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This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
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A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102
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