From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Inspired by a drawing seen in 'City of Liverpool', James Picton, 1883.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Here I have tried to create something that would look like maple wood. Not sure how well it's turned out, but at least it looks like wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
Nicely crafted paper pattern, although a bit on the large side (500x593px).
Source Blaq Annabiosis
The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
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
Spice up your next school project with this icon background.
Source Swetha
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A seamless striped fabric-like texture colored in a dark reddish brown color.
Source V. Hartikainen
As the original image 's page size is too large for its image size, I remixed it.
Source Yamachem
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
A bit of scratched up grayness. Always good.
Source Dmitry
A series of 5 patterns. That’s what the P stands for, if you didn’t guess it.
Source Dima Shiper
A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin