Inspired by a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte', Freidrich Hellwald, 1896.
Source Firkin
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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One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
The image is a seamless pattern which is derived from a vine .Consequently, the vine got like dots via vectorization.The original vine is here:jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301410188/
Source Yamachem
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by VictorianLady
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You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
A colourful background drawn originally in paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
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Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background
Source GDJ
Almost like little fish shells, or dragon skin.
Source Graphiste
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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Oh yes, it happened! A pattern in full color.
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From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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Produced using the clouds, flames and glass blocks plug-ins in Paint.net and the resulting .PNG vectorised with Vector Magic.
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Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.
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From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
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From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
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Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
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Fake or not, it’s quite luxurious.
Source Factorio.us Collective
Prismatic Triangular Background Design Mark II 5
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A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
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As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba