Cincinnati tablet 2 #2146
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
Source Firkin
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Checkered Light Emboss #280
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Background pattern 334 (colour 2) #1731
Yellow CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
Mossy #1296
Stone CC 0ZeroCC tileable mossy (lichen) stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Arches #715
Light CC BY-SA 3.0One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
Light Paper Fibers #835
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
Gradient Squares@2X #694
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0It’s big, it’s gradient—and it’s square.
Source Brankic1979
Floral divider 5 #1749
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Contemporary China 2 #1338
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Old China with a modern twist, take two.
Source Adam Charlts
Floral background 5 #2404
Fabric 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
Background pattern 314 (colour 4) #1836
Blue CC 0The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Black Mamba #57
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
Decking #2585
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
French Stucco@2X #698
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
Glossy Groove Stripe Pattern (Pale Orange) #967
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A pale orange background pattern with glossy groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Fabric pattern (colour 4) #2399
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
Decorative divider 283 #1856
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Mosaic tile #2481
Brown CC 0From a drawing in 'Handbook of the excursions proposed to be made by the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society, on the 27th and 28th of May, 1857', Edward Trollope, 1857.
Source Firkin
Green Striped Background #899
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0If you need a green background for your blog/website, try this one. Remember that Green Striped Background is seamlessly tileable.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 298 #1899
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin