Part of Bayeux Tapestry 2 #2451
Noise CC 0From 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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Repeating Stone-Like Background (Dark Brown) #1056
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating background with dark brown stone-like texture and abstract pattern that looks like tree trunks.
Source V. Hartikainen
Rebel #829
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Background pattern 339 #1709
Dark CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
seigaiha subtle color #2278
Pink CC 0This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
Low Contrast Linen #863
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
Cubes #133
Light CC BY-SA 3.0This reminds me of Game Cube. A nice light 3D cube pattern.
Source Sander Ottens
Fabric pattern 2 (colour 5) #2392
Fabric CC 0Not 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
Floral divider 2 #1924
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'A Guide to the Guildhall of the City of London', John Baddeley, 1898.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background@2X #539
Diamond CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Polaroid@2X #188
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Smooth Polaroid pattern with a light blue tint.
Source Daniel Beaton
Light Orange Brown Wallpaper #911
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A 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
Floral background 20 #1813
Red CC 0Derived from a drawing in 'Elfrica. An historical romance of the twelfth century', Charlotte Boger, 1885
Source Firkin
Dark Mosaic #121
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
Background pattern 298 #1899
Dark CC 0To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Checkered Light Emboss@2X #281
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Leafy design 18 #1788
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Nasty Fabric #1008
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Colourful background 14 #2526
Colorful CC 0A colourful background drawn originally in paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 261 #2076
Dark CC 0Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861
Source Firkin
Layered wood #2566
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Black Wall #1267
Wall CC 0Zero CC asphalt, pavement, texture, photographed and made by me. CC0 WARNING I FOUND A SEAM ON THIS TEXTURE
Source Sojan Janso
Light Note Paper #942
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0Here's an yet another seamless note paper texture for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
"Beige Stone", Tileable Texture #1025
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0"Beige Stone", Tileable Texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
Floral design 70 #2520
Dark CC 0Traced from a drawing in 'Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm', Wilhelm Carl Grimm , 1882.
Source Firkin
Page ornament 21 #2361
Dark CC 0From a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin