Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
From drawing in 'Musings in Maoriland', Thomas Bracken, 1890.
Source Firkin
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
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
Here's an yet another seamless note paper texture for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
A free pink background pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamlessly repeating background pattern of wood. The image is procedurally generated, and, I think, it's turned out quite well.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
A pattern derived from part of a fractal rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5
Source GDJ
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
A free light orange brown wallpaper with vertical stripes designed for use as a tiled background on websites. An yet another background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II No Background
Source GDJ
A background tile of dark textile. Made this a long time ago and just now decided to publish it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Green Background Pattern
Source V. Hartikainen