From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A 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
Colored maple leaves scattered on a surface. This is tileable, so it can be used as a background or wallpaper.
Source Eady
Looks like an old wall. I guess that’s it then?
Source Viahorizon
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Number 1 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
Pattern Background, Texture, Photoshop Structure style CC0 texture.
Source Darkmoon1968
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
U.S.-based National Fire Protection Association standard fire diamond for flagging risks posed by hazardous materials. The red diamond has a number 0-4 depending on flammability. The blue diamond has a number 0-4 depending on health hazard. The yellow has a number 0-4 depending on reactivity. the white square has a special notice, e.g OX for oxidizer.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
A free seamless background image with abstract texture of green "curtain".
Source V. Hartikainen
A background pattern with wavy green vertical stripes. This one has green stripes on a white background. Download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen