From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel
Did some testing with Repper Pro tonight, and this gray mid-tone pattern came out.
Source Atle Mo
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'Historiske Afhandlinger', Adolf Jorgensen, 1898.
Source Firkin
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
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 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
This seamless pattern consists of a blue grid on a yellow background.
Source V. Hartikainen
I’m starting to think I have a concrete wall fetish.
Source Atle Mo
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
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Source Viscious-Speed
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin