From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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Almost like little fish shells, or dragon skin.
Source Graphiste
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by VictorianLady
Source Firkin
A repeating gloomy background image. This one consists of a pattern of black chains layered on top of a dark textured background.
Source V. Hartikainen
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black
Source GDJ
A cute x, if you need that sort of thing.
Source Juan Scrocchi
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Here I have tried to create something that would look like maple wood. Not sure how well it's turned out, but at least it looks like wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
Source Ashton
An abstract Background pattern of purple twisty patterns.
Source TikiGiki
Paper model of a tetrahedron. Modelo de papel de um tetraedro.
Source laobc
Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
A repeating background with seamless texture of stone. There haven't been any stone-like backgrounds for a while, so I have decided to create one more. The rest can be found in the appropriate category.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by susanlu4esm
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A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen