Dark, lines, noise, tactile. You get the drift.
Source Anatoli Nicolae
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Handbook of the excursions proposed to be made by the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society, on the 27th and 28th of May, 1857', Edward Trollope, 1857.
Source Firkin
Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
One more brick pattern. A bit more depth to this one.
Source Benjamin Ward
This is a grid, only it’s noisy. You know. Reminds you of those printed grids you draw on.
Source Vectorpile
Sounds French. Some 3D square diagonals, that’s all you need to know.
Source Graphiste
Seamless pattern made from a tile that can be obtained in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Prose and Verse ', William Linton, 1836.
Source Firkin
There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
Here's a tile-able wood background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Sharp pixel pattern looking like some sort of fabric.
Source Dmitry
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Basket Fibers, Basket Texture, Braid Background style CC0 texture.
Source 1A-Photoshop