Background pattern 232 #2297
 Dark  CC 0

Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.

Source Firkin

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Concrete Wall 2 #79
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.

Source Atle Mo

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 6 #2444
 Noise  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 9 #520
 Dark  CC 0

Abstract Tiled Background Extended 9

Source GDJ

“Transparent” Background Pattern@2X #494
 Light  CC 0

An emulated “transparent” background pattern, like that of all kinds of computer graphics software.

Source AdamStanislav

Diamond pattern 2 (colour 5) #2264
 Blue  CC 0

From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Fabric pattern #2402
 Fabric  CC 0

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

Colourful background #2008
 Colorful  CC 0

Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic

Source Firkin

Transparent Square Tiles@2X #299
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.

Source Nathan Spady

Background pattern 203 #2486
 Brown  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 252 (colour 5) #2158
 Light  CC 0

Recreated 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

My Little Plaid@2X #333
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Repeating squares overlapping.

Source Pete Fecteau

Vintage pattern #2296
 Brown  CC 0

Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

3px Tile@2X #343
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Tiny dark square tiles with varied color tones.

Source Gre3g