Part of Bayeux Tapestry 2 #2451
 Noise  CC 0

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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Frozen Surface With Diagonal Stripes #912
 Stripes  CC BY-SA 3.0

This 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

Rice Paper@2X #339
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.

Source Atle Mo

Retro Circles Background 5@2X #425
 Noise  CC 0

Retro Circles Background 5

Source GDJ

60º lines #25
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Never out of fashion and so much hotter than the 45º everyone knows, here is a sweet 60º line pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Spirals pattern #1994
 Colorful  CC 0

Uses spirals from Pixabay. To get the basic tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i

Source Firkin

Washi@2X #289
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Washi (和紙?) is a type of paper made in Japan. Here’s the pattern for you!

Source Carolynne

Background pattern 203 (colour 2) #2485
 Green  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Circles #185
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.

Source Blunia

Decorative divider 192 #2503
 Dark  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.

Source Firkin

Brushed Alum #67
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.

Source Tim Ward

Paper 2 #21
 Paper  CC BY-SA 3.0

New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.

Source Atle Mo

Fabric pattern 2 (colour 2) #2395
 Fabric  CC 0

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

Colourful background #2008
 Colorful  CC 0

Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic

Source Firkin