Floral background #1975
Colorful CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Analecta Eboracensia', Thomas Widdrington, 1897.
Source Firkin
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Flourish 2 #2299
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Shapes pattern #2409
Brown CC 0A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Weave@2X #734
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
Decorative divider 254 #2040
Dark CC 0Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857
Source Firkin
Background pattern 234 (colour 4) #2256
Pink CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Subtle Dark Vertical #607
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
Nistri@2X #774
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Abstract Paper-Like Background With Colorful Stains #1226
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
Abstract Water Texture (Seamless) #890
Water CC BY-SA 3.0An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 235 (colour 5) #2251
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Medic Packaging Foil #376
Light CC BY-SA 3.08 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated
Geometric pattern 6 #1930
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Washi@2X #289
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!
Source Carolynne
Billie Holiday@2X #1003
Light CC BY-SA 3.0No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
Old Mathematics #43
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
Decorative divider 184 #2589
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
Source Firkin
Floral design 98 #1783
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Wall #1362
Wall CC 0Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Tweed #1150
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo