Background pattern 336 (colour 2) #1720
Green CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
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Floral design 100 (version 2) #1773
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Vichy #71
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.
Source Olivier Pineda
Interlocking pattern 3 (colour 2) #2405
Grid 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.
Source Firkin
Layered wood #2566
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Nistri@2X #774
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Decorative divider 272 #1925
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
White carbon@2X #12
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.
Source Atle Mo
Decorative divider 280 #1875
Blue CC 0From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
Psychedelic@2X #746
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
Floral pattern 17 (colour) #1724
Orange CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mdmelo.
Source Firkin
Dirty Old Black Shirt@2X #854
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
Square ornament 37 (colour) #2176
Colorful CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Wall #1362
Wall CC 0Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Dark Wall #817
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Low Contrast Linen@2X #864
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background #551
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Background pattern 246 (colour 2) #2185
Green CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 3 No Background #534
Noise CC 0Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Laminate Wall #1274
Wall CC 0Zero CC tileable Laminate wood texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Thick Textured Brown Paper #1070
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
Classy Fabric #611
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor