Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Looks like an old wall. I guess that’s it then?
Source Viahorizon
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
A dark background pattern/texture of a dimpled metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Green Web Background, Seamless tile.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
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
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5
Source GDJ
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Black And White Floral Pattern Background Inverse
Source GDJ
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. 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 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A free grid paper background pattern for using on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
The name tells you it has curves. Oh yes, it does!
Source Peter Chon
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
It has waves, so make sure you don’t get sea sickness.
Source CoolPatterns
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis