repeat css background image a set number of times

Question

is there a way to set the number of times a background image repeats with css?

Answer 1

An ugly hack could be inserting multiple times —statically— the same image (using multiple backgrounds):

E.g. To repeat horizontally an image (80x80) three times:

background-image: url('bg_texture.png'), 
                  url('bg_texture.png'),
                  url('bg_texture.png');
background-repeat: no-repeat, 
                   no-repeat,
                   no-repeat;
background-position: 0 top, 
                     80px top,
                     160px top;

Beware: not working on IE under 9 version (source).