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Floral design 91 #1814
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Fabric pattern 2 #2396
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
Retina Dust #915
Light CC BY-SA 3.0First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
Cardboard Flat #961
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
Cube Well & Blue #1699
Wall CC 0Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Part of Bayeux Tapestry 4 #2446
Noise CC 0From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Diagonal Striped Brick@2X #680
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Background pattern 8 (greyscale) #210
Dark CC 0Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Background pattern 323 (colour 2) #1811
Blue CC 0Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
Fruit pattern 4 #2453
Pink CC 0A chequerboard pattern with a fruit theme. The fruits are from a posting by inkscapeforum.it.
Source Firkin
Diagonal Noise@2X #182
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
Decorative divider 293 #1752
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'An Old Maid's Love. A Dutch tale told in English', Maarten Maartens, 1891.
Source Firkin
Textured Paper Background (Vanilla Yellow) #1219
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
Circles #185
Light CC BY-SA 3.0One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.
Source Blunia
Green Dust & Scratches@2X #108
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless Cardboard Texture #1212
Cardboard CC BY-SA 3.0A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 239 (colour 2) #2216
Red CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 214 (colour 6) #2372
Colorful CC 0A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Overlapping planks 4 #2572
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Light Orange Brown Wallpaper #911
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A free light orange brown wallpaper with vertical stripes designed for use as a tiled background on websites. An yet another background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Carbon Fiber v2@2X #106
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0One more updated pattern. Not really carbon fiber, but it’s the most popular pattern, so I’ll give you an extra choice.
Source Atle Mo
Cherry pattern #1912
Unknow CC 0Used a cherry by doctormo to make this seamless pattern
Source Firkin
Whitey@2X #110
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
Vintage tile background (colour 2) #2247
Pink CC 0A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Dark Circles #306
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo