From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.
Source Viszt Péter
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
A cute x, if you need that sort of thing.
Source Juan Scrocchi
Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
Background pattern originally a PNG drawn in Paint.net
Source Firkin
Here's a brown background pattern with subtle stripes. I hope you'll like the color. If not, feel free to change it using an image editor, if you know how of course. Personally, I'm using GIMP to create these backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Classic vertical lines, in all its subtlety.
Source Cody L
Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.
Source Firkin
The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
Wild Oliva or Oliva Wilde? Darker than the others, sort of a medium dark pattern.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
More Japanese-inspired patterns, Gold Scales this time.
Source Josh Green
This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko