Old China with a modern twist, take two.
Source Adam Charlts
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
Light and tiny, just the way you like it.
Source Rohit Arun Rao
This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A pattern formed from a photograph of a 16th century ceramic tile.
Source Firkin
A repeating graphic with ancient pattern. I came up with this name/title at last minute, so you may find that there is very little of ancientness in this pattern after all.
Source V. Hartikainen
Looks as if it's spray painted on the wall. You can be sure that this pattern will seamlessly fill your backgrounds on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
A free pink background pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin