Page ornament #1991
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
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Decorative divider 272 (colour) #1926
Yellow CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
Textured Stripes@2X #868
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
Cross Stripes #47
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Retro Intro #893
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
Floral background #1976
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Analecta Eboracensia', Thomas Widdrington, 1897.
Source Firkin
Congruent Pentagon Outline #1308
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0By popular request, an outline version of the pentagon pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Abstract Arbitrary Geometric Background@2X #498
Noise CC 0Abstract Arbitrary Geometric Background derived from an image on Pixabay.
Source GDJ
Fabric 1 #9
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
Shine Caro #713
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
Light Grey Floral Motif@2X #345
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Lovely light gray floral motif with some subtle shades.
Source GraphicsWall
Brick Wall@ #1275
Wall CC 0Zero CC tileable brick texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Nistri #773
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
Background pattern black and white #2030
Dark CC 0A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Vaio@2X #676
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain
Cover Red #1282
Red CC 0Zero CC tileable hard cover red book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Floral pattern 7 #2291
Pink CC 0Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
"Dark Red Canvas", Seamless Web Texture@2X #1222
Red CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 189 #2518
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Indian Red Web Background #1172
Concrete CC BY-SA 3.0A free web background image with a seamless concrete-like texture and an Indian-red color.
Source V. Hartikainen
Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background #385
Noise CC 0Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
Fabric pattern (colour 6) #2397
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme. Not a pattern for fabrics, but one produced from a jpg of a stack of fabric items that was posted on Pixabay. The tile that this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 274 #1922
Dark CC 0Redrawn based on a drawing in 'По Сѣверо-Западу Россіи' Konstantin Sluchevsky, 1897.
Source Firkin
Repeating Web Background (Dark Brown) #1079
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0This one has rusty dark brown texture.
Source V. Hartikainen