A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
Lovely light gray floral motif with some subtle shades.
Source GraphicsWall
Light gray paper pattern with small traces of fiber and some dust.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
Could remind you a bit of those squares in Super Mario Bros, yeh?
Source Jeff Wall
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'An Old Maid's Love. A Dutch tale told in English', Maarten Maartens, 1891.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be extracted by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'Historiske Afhandlinger', Adolf Jorgensen, 1898.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable yellow craft paper; scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
There are many carbon patterns, but this one is tiny.
Source Designova
Redrawn based on a drawing in 'По Сѣверо-Западу Россіи' Konstantin Sluchevsky, 1897.
Source Firkin
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless marble-like texture colored in light blue.
Source V. Hartikainen
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler