Handmade Paper #37
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

White handmade paper pattern with small bumps.

Source Marquis

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Background pattern 201 (colour 3) #2493
 Grid  CC 0

A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.

Source Firkin

Colourful background #2007
 Colorful  CC 0

Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic

Source Firkin

Woven #290
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Can’t believe we don’t have this in the collection already! Slick woven pattern with crisp details.

Source Max Rudberg

Background2@2X #477
 Wall  CC 0

rug texture background

Source Jilllio

Retro Squares Background 8 #398
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Squares Background 8

Source GDJ

Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background #385
 Noise  CC 0

Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background

Source GDJ

Type #276
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Source Atle Mo

Tessellation 15 (colour) #2222
 Blue  CC 0

The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Diagmonds #336
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?

Source INS

Part of Bayeux Tapestry 6 #2444
 Noise  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

Vintage tile background #2248
 Brown  CC 0

A 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

MBossed #193
 Grid  CC BY-SA 3.0

Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.

Source Alex Parker

Retro Squares Background 4@2X #419
 Dark  CC 0

Retro Squares Background 4

Source GDJ