Decorative divider 299 #1743
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin
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Disks pattern #1890
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by DavidZydd
Source Firkin
Tiny Grid@2X #892
Light CC BY-SA 3.0You know, tiny and sharp. I’m sure you’ll find a use for it.
Source Atle Mo
Embossed Paper #731
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Polonez Pattern@2X #335
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background #405
Light CC 0Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Square ornament 31 #2434
Dark CC 0Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
Light Striped Background #937
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
Clover with background #237
Paper CC 0Clover with background for St. Patrick's Day. Add to a card with a doily, ribbon, a leprechaun or other embellishments.
Source BAJ
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black@2X #460
Noise CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
Background pattern 323 (colour 5) #1808
Noise CC 0Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
Black Linen@2X #64
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Red #1247
Red CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Floral background #1981
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Textured Red Brown Plastic #878
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Textured Red Brown Plastic, Free Background Pattern. Although there's already enough plastic in our lives, let's bring it to the web too.)
Source V. Hartikainen
Aged Paper Background Tile #1074
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless background tile of aged paper with shabby look.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider #1962
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'A Life Interest', Mrs Alexander, 1888.
Source Firkin
Wide Rectangles #699
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Simple wide squares with a small indent. Fits all.
Source Petr Šulc.
Type@2X #277
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Penrose pattern #1956
Colorful CC 0A seamless pattern made from the gold Penrose triangle by GDJ and the two remixes
Source Firkin
Dirty Old Black Shirt@2X #854
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
Blizzard@2X #664
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
Leafy pattern 5 #1854
Dark CC 0Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by susanlu4esm
Source Firkin