From a drawing of the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire on Wikimedia.
Source Firkin
A light gray fabric pattern with faded vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
The original has been presented as black on transparent and stored in the pattern definitions. To retrieve the unit tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Don’t look at this one too long if you’re high on something.
Source Luuk van Baars
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin