Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
From a drawing in 'Codogno e il suo territorio nella cronaca e nella storia'', Gio and Giarella Cairo, 1897.
Source Firkin
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
This background pattern contains a seamless texture of bark. It's not very realistic, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
A background pattern with green vertical stripes. A new striped background pattern. This time a green one.
Source V. Hartikainen
This one resembles a black concrete wall when is tiled. It should look great, at least with dark website themes.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'A Guide to the Guildhall of the City of London', John Baddeley, 1898.
Source Firkin