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
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Vintage Speckles@2X #654
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Lovely pattern with splattered vintage speckles.
Source David Pomfret
Farmer #659
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Source Fabian Schultz
Blue Stripes Pattern #969
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A textured blue background pattern with vertical stripes.
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Background pattern 315 (colour 5) #1841
Yellow CC 0The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Aged Grid Paper Background #1072
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless web background with texture of aged grid paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dirty Old Black Shirt #853
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Decorative divider 291 #1793
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
Source Firkin
Ocean decorative divider #1904
Dark CC 0Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Background pattern 221 #2347
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Retro Circles Background 5 No Black@2X #427
Noise CC 0Retro Circles Background 5 No Black
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Rice Paper 2 #340
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Source Atle Mo
Vintage pattern 2 #2295
Yellow CC 0Inspired 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
Background pattern 302 #1894
Red CC 0The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 217 #2233
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Retro Intro@2X #894
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
P4 #1111
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I skipped number 3, because it wasn’t all that great. Sorry.
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Red #1247
Red CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
crissXcross@2X #112
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
Source Ashton
Background pattern 323 (colour 2) #1811
Blue CC 0Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
Diagonal Striped Brick@2X #680
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Background pattern 24 #198
Dark CC 0The starting point for this was a texture drawn with the 'Radial Colors' plug-in in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Light Striped Background #937
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
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