"Black Chains", Gloomy Background #1082
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating gloomy background image. This one consists of a pattern of black chains layered on top of a dark textured background.
Source V. Hartikainen
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Tessellation 13 variant 1 #2532
Yellow CC 0Original seamless pattern with an Inkscape filter.
Source Firkin
Floral background #1975
Colorful CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Analecta Eboracensia', Thomas Widdrington, 1897.
Source Firkin
Embossed Paper #731
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Stripy checkerboard pattern 2 #1767
Dark CC 0Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
Light & Boards #1297
Wood CC 0ZeroCC tileable wood boards texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Decorative divider 217 #2233
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Background pattern blue #1955
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Visual illusion #2586
Grid CC 0The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 #268
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2
Source GDJ
Fabric pattern 3 (colour 5) #2383
Fabric CC 0Alternative 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
Txture@2X #758
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark, lines, noise, tactile. You get the drift.
Source Anatoli Nicolae
Cardboard #278
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
Background pattern 234 (colour 2) #2258
Green CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 211 #2362
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Hexagonal pattern #2379
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Hexellence #705
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
Cork Floor #1281
Yellow CC 0Zero CC tileable cork floor, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Faded Yellow Stripes, Background Pattern #933
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 272 #1925
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
Ground Cracked 2 #1280
Wall CC 0Zero CC tileable ground (#2) cracked, crackled texture, made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Fabric pattern 3 (colour 4) #2384
Fabric CC 0Alternative 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