From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Based on an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by devanath
Source Firkin
A free tileable background colored in off-white (antique white) color.
Source V. Hartikainen
Another fairly simple design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Black & white version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
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From a drawing in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
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A seamless pattern formed from cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Remixed from a raster on Pixabay that was uploaded by ArtsyBee.
Source Firkin
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Wild Oliva or Oliva Wilde? Darker than the others, sort of a medium dark pattern.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5
Source GDJ
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
This one is rather fun and playful. The 2X could be used at 1X too!
Source Welsley
A re-make of the Gradient Squares pattern.
Source Dimitar Karaytchev
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ