a.l.e, thanks for the details; I understand all, and you have done what I intend to do. But, I must continue the dialog because I need to clarify two items pertaining to my particular Scribus item: 1) How do you manage to select/copy just a border from a complex image?
2) How would you select just the white of France, leaving the blue intact? I want to keep the image as is with the blue surrounding the country and fill only the white with the tower.
To resume: keep picture of France as is but add eiffel as a pattern in the white part.