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
More Textures
Desert Camo Print #255
Fabric CC 0Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.
Source Eady
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black@2X #792
Noise CC 0Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Wood Web Background #870
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Here's a tile-able wood background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 235 #2255
Yellow CC 0To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
"Grunge-Like" Background Pattern #1126
Grunge CC BY-SA 3.0Background pattern made in "Grunge-Like" style. Available in both SVG and JPG formats. Edit to your needs then click the download button.
Source V. Hartikainen
Vertical Cloth #597
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0You just can’t get enough of the fabric patterns, so here is one more for your collection.
Source Krisp Designs
White Wall #771
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
White Bed Sheet #821
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Nothing like a clean set of bed sheets, huh?
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Always Grey #53
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
"Black Chains", Gloomy Background #1082
Metal CC BY-SA 3.0A repeating gloomy background image. This one consists of a pattern of black chains layered on top of a dark textured background.
Source V. Hartikainen
Grass #1278
Green CC 0Zero CC tileable grass texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Project Papper #119
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
Flourish 2 #2299
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 320 #1830
Pink CC 0Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
Vintage tile background (colour 3) #2246
Green CC 0A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Ribbon pattern 2 (version 2, colour 2) #2038
Colorful CC 0The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Vaio #675
Diamond CC BY-SA 3.0I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain
Rice Paper@2X #339
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background #565
Dark CC 0Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background
Source GDJ