Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Seamless Dark Grunge Texture. Here's a new grunge texture for use as a background.
Source V. Hartikainen
The image depicts an edo-era pattern called "same-komon" or "鮫小紋"which looks like a shark skin.The "same" in Japanese means shark in English.
Source Yamachem
Detailed but still subtle and quite original. Lovely gray shades.
Source Kim Ruddock
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin