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Source V. Hartikainen
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Dark Tile-able Grunge Texture. I think this texture can be classified as grunge. It's free and seamless, as always.
Source V. Hartikainen
Just like the black maze, only in light gray. Duh.
Source Peax
A very dark spotted twinkle pattern for your twinkle needs.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Classy golf-pants pattern, or crossed stripes if you will.
Source Will Monson
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
A comeback for you: the popular Escheresque, now in black.
Source Patten
A repeating background with seamless texture of stone. There haven't been any stone-like backgrounds for a while, so I have decided to create one more. The rest can be found in the appropriate category.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background Wall, Art Abstract, white Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous