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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Abstract Paper-Like Background With Colorful Stains #1226
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
Kinda Jean #1062
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
Decorative divider 297 #1746
Pink CC 0From drawing in 'Musings in Maoriland', Thomas Bracken, 1890.
Source Firkin
Wooden planks #2571
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 224 (colour 2) #2341
Colorful CC 0To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Tweed #1150
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Lined Paper #1034
Light CC BY-SA 3.0I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Page ornament #1991
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
School #1318
Yellow CC BY-SA 3.0Spice up your next school project with this icon background.
Source Swetha
Vintage pattern 2 #2295
Yellow CC 0Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Classy Fabric@2X #612
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
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
Squares@2X #303
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
Repeating Vintage Paper Background #1077
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating background of beige paper with vintage look. Repeats to infinity, as usual.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 199 #2508
Green CC 0Inspired by a 1930s wallpaper pattern I saw on TV.
Source Firkin
Txture@2X #758
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark, lines, noise, tactile. You get the drift.
Source Anatoli Nicolae
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background@2X #492
Noise CC 0Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Wavy background #2023
Pink CC 0CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Shine Caro #713
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
"Wide Stripe Wallpaper", Seamless Pattern #970
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A seamless pattern with wide vertical stripes colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
fawn spot pattern #2472
Dark CC 0The image depicts a Japanese Edo pattern called "kanoko or 鹿の子" meaning "fawn" which has a fur with small white spots.
Source Yamachem