Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
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Bigger is better, right? So here you have some large carbon fiber.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Cubes as far as your eyes can see. You know, because they tile.
Source Jan Meeus
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
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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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Non-seamless pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
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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. Derived from a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
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Very simple, very blu(e). Subtle and nice.
Source Seb Jachec
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
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A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
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A yellow tiled background... Blurriness, bokeh effect and rectangles pattern in one mix.
Source V. Hartikainen
The image depicts a Japanese Edo pattern called "kanoko or 鹿の子" meaning "fawn" which has a fur with small white spots.
Source Yamachem
Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
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.
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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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