Floral design 71 #2429
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From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.

Source Firkin

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Graphene pattern 1 #2235
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Different from the original in being a simple tile stored as a pattern definition, rather than numerous repeated objects. Hence easy and quick to give this pattern to objects of different shapes. To get the tile in Inkscape, select the rectangle and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Paper 3@2X #32
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.

Source Atle Mo

Black And White Floral Pattern Background Inverse #197
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Black And White Floral Pattern Background from PDP.

Source GDJ

Seamless Core Pattern #165
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Seamless Core Pattern

Source GDJ

Background pattern brown #1945
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To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Rubber Grip #101
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.

Source Sinisha

Colorful Geometric Pattern Background #231
 Noise  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

Type@2X #277
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.

Source Atle Mo

Carbon Fiber #3
 Carbon  CC BY-SA 3.0

A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.

Source Atle Mo