Part of Bayeux Tapestry 1 #2452
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From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

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Part of Bayeux Tapestry 2 #2451
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From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 314 (colour 4) #1836
 Blue  CC 0

The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Starting Diamond Shape #137
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Simple blue and line to mix.

Source SliverKnight

Black Paper #55
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Black paper texture, based on two different images.

Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle

Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background #545
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Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background

Source GDJ

Dark Denim@2X #373
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Thin lines, noise and texture creates this crisp dark denim pattern.

Source Marco Slooten

Electric recharge #163
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Simple turbulence filter rigged in in inkscape.

Source Lazur URH

Wine Cork #33
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Wine cork texture based off a scanned corkboard.

Source Atle Mo

Tessellation 14 variant 1 #2530
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A seamless pattern formed from a modified version of rwwgub's tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background #386
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Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background

Source GDJ

Black Linen@2X #64
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

"Dark Brick Wall", Background Pattern #1024
 Stone  CC BY-SA 3.0

Like the name suggests, this background image consists of a pattern of dark bricks. It may be an option for you, if you are looking for something that looks like a brick wall for use as a background on web pages. It's not a masterpiece, but looks pretty nice when is tiled.

Source V. Hartikainen

Retina Wood@2X #924
 Wood  CC BY-SA 3.0

I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.

Source Atle Mo

Prismatic Arrows Background 2 #393
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Prismatic Arrows Background 2

Source GDJ

Vintage pattern #1961
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Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.

Source Firkin