Zig-zag pattern 6 #2413
Grid CC 0A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
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Paper 3@2X #32
Paper CC BY-SA 3.0Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
Dimension@2X #1174
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
Decorative divider 283 (version 2) #1855
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Light Brown Wallpaper With Vertical Stripes #905
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0This seamless light brown background texture resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes. One way to use it is as a tiled background on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Decorative divider 217 #2233
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Background pattern 272 (colour 3) #2055
Red 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
Elegant Grid@2X #317
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0This is a hot one. Small, sharp and unique.
Source GraphicsWall
polka dot seamless pattern remix 02 #2495
Pink CC 0This is the remix of "polka dot seamless pattern".The image depicts polka dot seamless pattern.
Source Yamachem
Hexabump@2X #954
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Hexagonal dark 3D pattern. What more can you ask for?
Source Norbert Levajsics
Dark Brown Wood Background (Tile-able) #886
Wood CC BY-SA 3.0Tile-able Dark Brown Wood Background. Feel free to use it as a background image in your designs or somewhere on the web. By the way, the color seems to be close to Coffee Brown.
Source V. Hartikainen
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale #378
Dark CC 0Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
Decorative divider 224 #2206
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
First Aid Kit #701
Fabric CC BY-SA 3.0No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo
Tessellation 11 (variant 3) #2536
Grid CC 0The original enhanced with one of Inkscapes's filters.
Source Firkin
Bamboo Background Pattern #1330
Green CC BY-SA 3.0This background pattern looks like bamboo to me. Feel free to download it for your website (for your blog perhaps?).
Source V. Hartikainen
samekomon-01 #2270
Yellow CC 0The image is a remix of "edo pattern-samekomon".I changed the color of dots from black to white and added BG in light-yellow.
Source Yamachem
Tessellation 9 #2548
Grid CC 0A seamless tessellation pattern. To get the tile this is formed from, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Dark Tire@2X #704
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Colourful background #2007
Colorful CC 0Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Checkered Light Emboss #280
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Leafy design 18 (colour) #1786
Green CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Floral design 97 #1778
Yellow CC 0From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
"Dark Brick Wall", Background Pattern #1024
Stone CC BY-SA 3.0Like the name suggests, this background image consists of a pattern of dark bricks. It may be an option for you, if you are looking for something that looks like a brick wall for use as a background on web pages. It's not a masterpiece, but looks pretty nice when is tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen