From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
A very dark asfalt pattern based off of a photo taken with my iPhone.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
This tiled background comes in red and consists of tiles that look like gemstones. It is more for blogs or social profiles, I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
Zero CC tillable hard cover red book with X shape marks. Scanned and made by me.
Source Sojan Janso
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
A light gray background pattern with seamless fabric-like texture and almost unnoticeable stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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.
Source Firkin
This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
A seamless dark leather-like background texture with diagonal lines that look like stitches.
Source V. Hartikainen
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
More leather, and this time it’s bigger! You know, in case you need that.
Source Elemis
Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Abstract Background Design
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From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin