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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White Texture #131
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
White Wall 2@2X #1021
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0A new one called white wall, not by me this time.
Source Yuji Honzawa
Decorative divider 253 #2064
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Dark Fish Skin@2X #1049
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
Source Petr Šulc
regular hexagon pattern #2541
Grid CC 0The image depicts a pattern of regular hexagon.As I made to use it for myself,I want to others to use it.Speaking about the ratio of the image, height : width = 2 : √3(1.732...)Ridiculous to say,I realized later that this image is not honey comb pattern.I have to slide the second row.
Source Yamachem
Solid@2X #846
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A mid-tone gray pattern with some cement looking texture.
Source Hendrik Lammers
White Brick Wall #593
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
"Brown Stone", Seamless Web Texture #1030
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0This background texture resembles stone. It may be used as a background on web pages or on some of their html elements (header, borders, menu bar, etc.). Just modify it for your needs.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 229 #2305
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Bamboo Background Pattern #1330
Green CC BY-SA 3.0This background pattern looks like bamboo to me. Feel free to download it for your website (for your blog perhaps?).
Source V. Hartikainen