Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.
Source Atle Mo
A dark background pattern/texture of a dimpled metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
A fun-looking elastoplast/band-aid pattern. A hint of orange tone in this one.
Source Josh Green
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable Crackled Cement (streaks) texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
This seamless background image should look nice on websites. It has a dark blue gray texture with vertical stripes, it tiles seamlessly and, like all of the background images here, it's free. So, if you like it, take it!
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
Black & white version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
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
Zero CC asphalt, pavement, texture, photographed and made by me. CC0 WARNING I FOUND A SEAM ON THIS TEXTURE
Source Sojan Janso
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Heavily remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a modified version of rwwgub's tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
Can’t believe we don’t have this in the collection already! Slick woven pattern with crisp details.
Source Max Rudberg
From a drawing in 'Prose and Verse ', William Linton, 1836.
Source Firkin
A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra
A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra