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Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
A textured orange background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileable stone texture, edited from pixabay, CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
One more sharp little tile for you. Subtle circles this time.
Source Blunia
A beautiful dark wood pattern, superbly tiled.
Source Omar Alvarado
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
From 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
U.S.-based National Fire Protection Association standard fire diamond for flagging risks posed by hazardous materials. The red diamond has a number 0-4 depending on flammability. The blue diamond has a number 0-4 depending on health hazard. The yellow has a number 0-4 depending on reactivity. the white square has a special notice, e.g OX for oxidizer.
Source Firkin
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
Remixed from a drawing in 'Some account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers', John Nicholl, 1866.
Source Firkin
A textured blue background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
Just a nice looking textured pattern with faded blue stripes. Well, that's it for today... one background a day, as usual.
Source V. Hartikainen
A comeback for you: the popular Escheresque, now in black.
Source Patten