Page ornament 29 #2307
Red CC 0From a drawing in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1885.
Source Firkin
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Triangular@2X #1157
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
Gray Striped Background #906
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a bluish gray striped background pattern for use on web sites.
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Vintage tile background (colour 2) #2247
Pink CC 0A 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
Grunge Website Background #1122
Grunge CC BY-SA 3.0A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background@2X #470
Dark CC 0Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background
Source GDJ
Patterned Pale Orange Background #1314
Orange CC BY-SA 3.0You may use it as is, or modify it as you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
Tex2res1 #721
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Background pattern 328 (colour 2) #1800
Green CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
White Paperboard #374
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0Could be paper, could be a Polaroid frame – up to you!
Source Chaos
Thick Textured Brown Paper #1070
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black@2X #812
Noise CC 0Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Mugs pattern #2479
Colorful CC 0A seamless pattern formed from miutopia mug remixes on a tablecloth.
Source Firkin
Use Your Illusion@2X #918
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A dark one with geometric shapes and dotted lines.
Source Mohawk Studios
Background pattern 234 (colour 3) #2257
Blue CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Frozen Surface With Diagonal Stripes #912
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This 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
Tileable Wood #655
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Flower Trail #741
Noise CC BY-SA 3.0Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
Square ornament 37 (colour) #2176
Colorful CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Paul's Sister', Frances Peard, 1889.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 189 #2518
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background #553
Noise CC 0Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Diagonal Noise #181
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
Tweed@2X #1151
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Exclusive Paper #23
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 235 (colour 6) #2250
Red CC 0To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Page ornament #1990
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 10 #1771
Yellow CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin