From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
I’m not going to lie – if you submit something with the words Norwegian and Rose in it, it’s likely I’ll publish it.
Source Fredrik Scheide
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A dark background pattern/texture of a dimpled metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
Black paper texture, based on two different images.
Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background
Source GDJ
Thin lines, noise and texture creates this crisp dark denim pattern.
Source Marco Slooten
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
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Floral Pattern 3 Variation 3 No Background
Source GDJ
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Darkmoon1968
Source Firkin
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
Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
A free repetitive background with a dark concrete wall like texture. This one may be used in dark web site designs.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin