Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale #378
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Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale

Source GDJ

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Diamond pattern (colour 8) #2273
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From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Seamless Prismatic Geometric Pattern With Background #264
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Seamless Prismatic Geometric Pattern With Background

Source GDJ

Decorative divider 252 #2065
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Remix from a drawing in 'Ostatnie chwile powstania styczniowego', Zygmunt Sulima, 1887.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 201 (colour 2) #2496
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A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Decorative divider 289 #1819
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From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 224 (colour 5) #2338
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To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

A dark wool background pattern with diagonal stripes #907
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

Feel free to download and use it, or see the rest of the dark background patterns that I have made. Anyway, I hope you will find something that you like.

Source V. Hartikainen

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background@2X #540
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Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 3 No Background

Source GDJ

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 4 #2446
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From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

Checkered Light Emboss #280
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!

Source Alex Parker

Handmade Paper #37
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

White handmade paper pattern with small bumps.

Source Marquis

Fabric pattern 3 (colour 2) #2386
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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.

Source Firkin

Floral Abstract Pattern Background #217
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PDP

Source GDJ

Fleurs-de-lys pattern 2 #2205
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Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.

Source Firkin