Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857
Source Firkin
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Some dark 45 degree angles creating a nice pattern. Huge.
Source Dark Sharp Edges
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
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From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx
Derived from a corner decoration itself found as a jpg on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
You guessed it – looks a bit like cloth.
Source Peax Webdesign
If you need a green background for your blog/website, try this one. Remember that Green Striped Background is seamlessly tileable.
Source V. Hartikainen
The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they traveled through the computer.
Source Haris Šumić
A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
This one needs to be used in small areas; you can see it repeat.
Source Luca
Zero CC tileable Crackled Cement (streaks) texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić