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
More Textures
Background pattern 314 (colour 5) #1835
Pink CC 0The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Background pattern 275 #2033
Blue CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Background pattern black and white #2030
Dark CC 0A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
White Wall@2X #772
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Project Papper #119
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Handmade Paper@2X #38
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0White handmade paper pattern with small bumps.
Source Marquis
Decorative divider 291 #1793
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
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
Background pattern 266 #2068
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Some account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers', John Nicholl, 1866.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 245 (colour 5) #2188
Green CC 0This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Grass #1278
Green CC 0Zero CC tileable grass texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Lead glass tile #2048
Colorful CC 0Mostly just mucked about with the colours and made one of the paths in the lead frame opaque. The glass remains transparent.
Source Firkin
Black Thread #599
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Geometric lines are always hot, and this pattern is no exception.
Source Listvetra
Mix Stone #1298
Stone CC 0ZeroCC tileable stone texture, edited from pixabay, CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Ice Age@2X #638
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Fleurs-de-lys pattern 2 (colour) #2204
Colorful CC 0Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
Floral pattern 14 #1754
Yellow CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Snowflake remix #155
Dark CC 0A bit simplified version. Although it could be edited out to be simpler. Anyway, this time the tiling is converted to a pattern fill -which is using clipping for the tile's edges.
Source Lazur URH
Carbon Fiber #3
Carbon CC BY-SA 3.0A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
Rough Cloth@2X #313
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Knitted Sweater #1097
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
Decorative divider 223 #2207
Dark CC 0Inspired by a design found in 'Konstantinápolyi emlékeim', Miklos Chriszto, 1893.
Source Firkin
Gray Sand #17
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0A dark gray, sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Axiom Pattern #330
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Not even 1kb, but very stylish. Gray thin lines.
Source Struck Axiom