To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background
Source GDJ
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Classy golf-pants pattern, or crossed stripes if you will.
Source Will Monson
Super simple but very nice indeed. Gray with vertical stripes.
Source Merrin Macleod
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Snap! It’s a pattern, and it’s not grayscale! Of course you can always change the color in Photoshop.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
Dead simple but beautiful horizontal line pattern.
Source Fabian Schultz
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo