From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
You know I’m a sucker for these. Well-crafted paper pattern.
Source Mihaela Hinayon
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
An interesting dark spotted pattern at an angle.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated
Number 5 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Green Background Pattern
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
A seamless background colored in pale orange. It has a paper like texture with diagonal grid pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.
Source Dertig Media
This background pattern has futuristic look. So, maybe it could be used on websites or blogs dedicated to video games?!
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Jezebel's Daughter', Wilkie Collins 1880
Source Firkin