Geometric pattern #2005
 Grid  CC 0

A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

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Patchwork Quilt Pattern Background #228
 Noise  CC 0

PDP

Source GDJ

Background pattern blue #1955
 Blue  CC 0

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

Source Firkin

Fancy Deboss #177
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.

Source Daniel Beaton

Background pattern 336 (colour 3) #1719
 Blue  CC 0

Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.

Source Firkin

Blue Wallpaper For Websites #910
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

A blue background wallpaper for websites. It has a seamless texture with vertical stripes. It looks quite nice not only when using as a tiled background on websites, but also on computer desktops.

Source V. Hartikainen

Decorative divider 188 #2521
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.

Source Firkin

Seamless Stone Background #1055
 Stone  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 3 #270
 Noise  CC BY-SA 3.0

Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 3

Source GDJ

Light Grey Floral Motif@2X #345
 Wall  CC BY-SA 3.0

Lovely light gray floral motif with some subtle shades.

Source GraphicsWall

Ancient Pattern #1058
 Stone  CC BY-SA 3.0

A repeating graphic with ancient pattern. I came up with this name/title at last minute, so you may find that there is very little of ancientness in this pattern after all.

Source V. Hartikainen

Cincinnati tablet 2 #2146
 Dark  CC 0

Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.

Source Firkin

Nami #575
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Not sure if this is related to the Nami you get in Google image search, but hey, it’s nice!

Source Dertig Media

Wood Pattern@2X #371
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.

Source Alexey Usoltsev

Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background #573
 Noise  CC 0

Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background

Source GDJ

Frozen Surface With Diagonal Stripes #912
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

This light background pattern has a texture of "frozen" surface with diagonal stripes. Here's an yet another addition to the collection of free website backgrounds.

Source V. Hartikainen