Background pattern #1977
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
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Decorative divider 288 #1820
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Black Linen@2X #64
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Wall #1244
Wall CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Wavy background #2021
Pink CC 0CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Flourish pattern #1736
Dark CC 0Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
Subtle Stripes #751
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
Simple bump #172
Dark CC 0A simple bump filter made upon request at irc #inkscape at freenode. Made a screen capture of the making here: https://youtu.be/TGAWYKVLxQw
Source Lazur URH
Colourful background #2010
Colorful CC 0Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Micro Carbon #7
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Decorative divider 277 #1906
Colorful CC 0Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Gray Dots Background Pattern #1127
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless background pattern with impressed gray dots.
Source V. Hartikainen
Green Subtle Web Texture #1334
Green CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless green background texture. The image is distributed under a Creative Commons License (like all of the images here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Aged Paper Background Tile #1074
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless background tile of aged paper with shabby look.
Source V. Hartikainen
Fruit on a branch #1968
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Circular frame 25 #1712
Dark CC 0Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
Real Carbon Fiber@2X #287
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Carbon fiber is never out of fashion, so here is one more style for you.
Source Alfred Lee
Decorative divider 206 #2380
Dark CC 0Derived from a corner decoration itself found as a jpg on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Woven #290
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Can’t believe we don’t have this in the collection already! Slick woven pattern with crisp details.
Source Max Rudberg
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3@2X #458
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
Cardboard #278
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
Back Pattern #945
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok