Tile-able Black Paper Background #1076
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0A black tile-able background with paper-like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
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Fruit on a branch #1969
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 244 #2080
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Ecailles@2X #1043
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Almost like little fish shells, or dragon skin.
Source Graphiste
Tessellation 16 (colour 5) #2211
Yellow CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Fence 9 (colour 2) #2194
Wood CC 0A browner version of the original weathered fence texture.
Source Firkin
Decorative divider 214 #2315
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Kingsdene', Maria Fetherstonehaugh, 1878.
Source Firkin
Worn Dots@2X #710
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
Vertical Cloth@2X #598
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
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background #536
Diamond CC 0Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Red #1256
Red CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Light Wool@2X #696
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy
Candyhole #356
Light CC BY-SA 3.0It’s a hole, in a pattern. On your website. Dig it!
Source Josh Green
Background pattern 271 #2058
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
Spotty Pink Background (Seamless) #1236
Pink CC BY-SA 3.0A free seamless background with pink spots.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background pattern 270 #2061
Dark CC 0A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Vintage tile background #2248
Brown 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
Rice Wall #1255
Wall CC 0Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background #532
Noise CC 0Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Tileable Wood #655
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
Decorative divider 221 #2224
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Page ornament #1992
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 201 #2501
Grid CC 0A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
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