Square ornament 38 #2147
Dark CC 0From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
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Floral background #1973
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 226 (colour 4) #2319
Green 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
Dark Wall #817
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Background pattern 336 (colour 3) #1719
Blue CC 0Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Blizzard #663
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
Old Mathematics@2X #44
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
Floral pattern 6 (colour 2) #2460
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Wavy background #2015
Green CC 0A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background@2X #544
Diamond CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ
Noise Lines #897
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx
Snow #627
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Real snow that tiles, not easy. This is not perfect, but an attempt.
Source Atle Mo
White Linen #839
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Dead simple but beautiful horizontal line pattern.
Source Fabian Schultz
"Gray Stone", Web Background Texture #1029
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0This seamless web background texture looks like gray stone. It's great for using as a background image on web pages, or on some of their elements. Anyway, I hope you will find use for it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 234 #2259
Brown CC 0Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Bright Squares@2X #88
Light CC BY-SA 3.0It’s okay to be square! A nice light gray pattern with random squares.
Source Waseem Dahman
Background pattern #1942
Brown CC 0Formed by distorting an image on Pixabay that was uploaded by gustavorezende. To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Light Toast@2X #760
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee
Floral pattern 6 (colour 6) #2455
Fabric CC 0Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 292 #1774
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Fruit pattern 4 #2453
Pink CC 0A chequerboard pattern with a fruit theme. The fruits are from a posting by inkscapeforum.it.
Source Firkin
"Black Metal Grid", Seamless Background Pattern #1080
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background pattern for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen