Background pattern 261 #2076
Dark CC 0Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861
Source Firkin
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Vaio@2X #676
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background@2X #548
Noise CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background
Source GDJ
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
Grunge Wall #81
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
Background pattern 15 #201
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Polaroid #187
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.
Source Daniel Beaton
Cubes@2X #134
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This reminds me of Game Cube. A nice light 3D cube pattern.
Source Sander Ottens
Colorful Stripes Background #992
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Free tiled background with colorful stripes and white splatter.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black@2X #460
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
Part of Bayeux Tapestry 4 #2446
Noise CC 0From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Square ornament 37 #2177
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 267 #2067
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'An Index to Deering's Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova', Rupert Chicken, 1899. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Blue on White Background Pattern #993
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A background pattern with blue on white vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Grid@2X #975
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
Flourish 3 #2298
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Subtle Striped Brown Background Pattern #940
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Decorative divider 283 (version 2) #1855
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Diamond pattern (colour 2) #2284
Green CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Dark Geometric@2X #620
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
Decorative divider 291 #1793
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider #1974
Dark CC 0Adapted from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Subtle Stripes #751
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
Page ornament 29 #2307
Red CC 0From a drawing in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1885.
Source Firkin
Nasty Fabric #1008
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim