Background pattern 220 #2360
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Derived from a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
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Dark Blue Gray Wallpaper Texture #901
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This seamless background image should look nice on websites. It has a dark blue gray texture with vertical stripes, it tiles seamlessly and, like all of the background images here, it's free. So, if you like it, take it!
Source V. Hartikainen
Elastoplast@2X #283
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
Leafy design 18 (colour)@2XaFloral design 96 (colour) #1787
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Notebook #1178
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Small Steps #1312
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
Background pattern 251 (colour 5) #2163
Red CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Diagonal Noise@2X #182
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
Black Thread@2X #600
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Geometric lines are always hot, and this pattern is no exception.
Source Listvetra
edo pattern-samekomon #2271
Dark CC 0The image depicts an edo-era pattern called "same-komon" or "鮫小紋"which looks like a shark skin.The "same" in Japanese means shark in English.
Source Yamachem
Decorative divider 236 #2090
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
Skin Side Up@2X #848
Light CC BY-SA 3.0White fabric looking texture with some nice random wave features.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Zodiac pattern (black background) #267
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. Version with black background.
Source Firkin
Background pattern yellow #2025
Yellow CC 0Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Brilliant@2X #754
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
Floral background 2@2X #430
Wall CC 0Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
Translucent Fibres@2X #944
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
Paper 2@2X #22
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background #405
Light CC 0Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Wood Web Background #870
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a tile-able wood background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 252 #2162
Dark CC 0Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Green Background With Leaves #1331
Green CC BY-SA 3.0It looks very nice I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
Mugs pattern #2479
Colorful CC 0A seamless pattern formed from miutopia mug remixes on a tablecloth.
Source Firkin