Part of Bayeux Tapestry 6 #2444
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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Indian Red Web Background #1172
Concrete CC BY-SA 3.0A free web background image with a seamless concrete-like texture and an Indian-red color.
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Background pattern 10 #216
Noise CC 0A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
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Background pattern 339 (colour) #1708
Yellow CC 0The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Flourish 2 #2299
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Beige Paper #83
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Source Konstantin Ivanov
Background pattern 334 (colour) #1730
Red CC 0Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
Faded Yellow Stripes, Background Pattern #1218
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 240 #2086
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
"Wide Stripe Wallpaper", Seamless Pattern #1227
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless pattern with wide vertical stripes colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
Flowers tile #2363
Dark CC 0A seamless design of flowers remixed from a jpg on Pixabay by Prawny.
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Brick #1373
Wall CC 0Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Wall #1241
Stone CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
French Stucco@2X #698
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
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Background pattern 195 #2587
Grid CC 0Inspired by a pattern I saw in a 19th century book. This seamless pattern was created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background #491
Noise CC 0Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Paper Fibers #1060
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Just what the name says, paper fibers. Always good to have.
Source Heliodor jalba
Background pattern 226 (colour 3) #2318
Colorful CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Wood Pattern@2X #371
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
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Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
Source Firkin
White Wall #771
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Wave Grind@2X #1133
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
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Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5@2X #466
Dark CC 0Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5
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Gravel #1367
Unknow CC 0Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
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Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
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Source Atle Mo
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Source Atle Mo