From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'Historiske Afhandlinger', Adolf Jorgensen, 1898.
Source Firkin
A seamless light gray paper texture with horizontal double lines.
Source V. Hartikainen
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.
Source Olivier Pineda
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
It’s like Shine Dotted’s sister, only rotated 45 degrees.
Source mediumidee
Just like your old suit, all striped and smooth.
Source Alex Berkowitz
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
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The classic subtle pattern. Sort of wall/brick looking. Or moon-looking?
Source Joel Klein
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Remixed from a drawing in 'Incidents on a Journey through Nubia to Darfoor', F. Ensor, 1891.
Source Firkin