Background pattern 268 #2066
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte der Deutschen im Mittelalter' Franz von Loeher, 1891. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
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Background pattern 41 #262
Fabric CC 0A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'light rays' rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Weave #733
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
Cardboard@2X #279
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
Diamond pattern (colour 8) #2273
Red CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Diamond pattern (colour 9) #2269
Fabric CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Otis Redding #1004
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Otis Ray Redding was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. So you know.
Source Thomas Myrman
Fabric pattern 2 (colour 4) #2393
Fabric CC 0Not 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
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3@2X #458
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
Decorative divider 238 #2088
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
Tessellation 14 variant 1 #2530
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a modified version of rwwgub's tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 192 #2503
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
Tweed #1150
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Plywood Web Background #871
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Plywood Web Background background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Simple Horizontal Light #982
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
Tessellation 10 (variant 1) #2546
Grid CC 0An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
Dark Denim@2X #373
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Thin lines, noise and texture creates this crisp dark denim pattern.
Source Marco Slooten
White Wall #1105
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Looks like an old wall. I guess that’s it then?
Source Viahorizon