Floral design 87 #1886
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
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Tessellation 13 variant 1 #2532
Yellow CC 0Original seamless pattern with an Inkscape filter.
Source Firkin
Knitted Sweater@2X #1098
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
Tex2res2 #719
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 2 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Subtle Freckles@2X #90
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
White carbon #11
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.
Source Atle Mo
Cincinnati tablet 2 #2146
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
Source Firkin
Fabric of Squares #1095
Light CC BY-SA 3.0As far as fabric patterns goes, this is quite crisp.
Source Heliodor Jalba
Leafy pattern 12 #1764
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Brushed Alum #67
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
Light Striped Background #937
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A light background pattern with diagonal stripes. Here's a simple light striped background for you.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 339 (colour 2) #1707
Green CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Vintage tile background (colour 3) #2246
Green CC 0A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
"Brown Stone", Seamless Web Texture #1030
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0This background texture resembles stone. It may be used as a background on web pages or on some of their html elements (header, borders, menu bar, etc.). Just modify it for your needs.
Source V. Hartikainen
French Stucco #697
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
Chipboard 2 #2579
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 290 #1932
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Low Contrast Linen #863
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
White Plaster #368
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
"Dirty Paper", Seamless Background #1059
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless background colored in pale orange. It has a paper like texture with diagonal grid pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern blue #1955
Blue CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background #269
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background derived from an image on Pixabay.
Source GDJ
"Animal Tracks", Background Pattern #1225
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless pale yellow paper background with a pattern of animal tracks.
Source V. Hartikainen