The image depicts a seamless pattern made using a bird's face.
Source Yamachem
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
The tile can be had by using shift+alt+i on the selected rectangle in Inkscape
Source Firkin
Same as Silver Scales, but in black. Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
I’m starting to think I have a concrete wall fetish.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.
More bright luxury. This is a bit larger than fancy deboss, and with a bit more noise.
Source Viszt Péter
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
I have no idea what J Boo means by this name, but hey – it’s hot.
Source j Boo
Inspired by a 1930s wallpaper pattern I saw on TV.
Source Firkin
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin