This is a large collection of vector illustrations in which we have placed various patterns that can be considered historical.
Throughout history, many different tribes, peoples and civilizations have emerged, and in their time they all developed their distinctive art forms. In most cases, various forms of artistic expression served for decorating products, glorifying the rulers or for religious purposes. Books on history and art history have become a real treasury of images of artworks that are suitable for tracing in 2D CAD or vector software. In this way, new life can be breathed into these historical illustrations, which can also serve your craft and graphics projects very well. In addition to the historical illustrations, in this category we will also publish a variety of interesting decorations seen on artifacts at archaeological sites, mainly representing peoples who used to play a major role at a certain time in history and who developed an interesting culture.
As with all other categories, all the works published in this one will also be under Creative Commons Attribution licenses, and there will be 2D CAD (.dwg) and vector (.svg and .eps) file formats at your disposal. We have invested a lot of time in digitizing, so it cannot be too much of a bother for you to follow the license conditions prescribed? And one more thing: we would be glad to see how you have applied these beautiful historical illustrations, so do not forget to share the results of your projects. Send us a picture or two, and we will enjoy them together!
Of all the patterns we have drawn over the years, only the part that we consider historical has been selected for this category. However, if you can’t find what you are looking for, check out the other categories as well, as there are many other ‘historical’ patterns in them. As you can see in the pictures, this is a very diverse collection, which makes it particularly interesting. That is why we hope it will attract not only history buffs, but also people of various other interests.
In the picture you can see a free pattern named the Lapita repeating pattern, a very old pattern that belongs to Lapita culture.
Here you can download Mayan designs that are drawn according to some reliefs preserved from the period of the Maya civilization.
On this page you can download 2D patterns with which you can make elegant medieval hinge plates.
Black and white stencil portrait of the famous ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti. Nefertiti was the Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten.
This ornament is based on the stone relief carving which was found in the Assyrian city of Nineveh.
The patterns that you can download here originate from Pompeii and Ancient Rome. A classic example of a tessellation pattern.
Famous illustration of Ramesses II (often called Ramesses the Great) in the middle of the Battle of Kadesh.
On this page you can download frame border design in the Renaissance style.
On this page you can download a Scarabaeus sacer design (or sacred scarab design).
This is a large collection of vectorized ancient Slavic pagan symbols, i.e., symbols of ancient Slavic pagan gods and goddesses, mythological creatures, natural phenomena ...
On this page you can find two very similar spiral Celtic designs originating from the Book of Durrow.
On this page you can download the stencil of a medieval ship whose appearance can be seen in the picture.
On this page you can download a Japanese illustration which dates from the 18th century.