From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
An interesting dark spotted pattern at an angle.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
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
Inspired by a drawing in 'Poems', James Smith, 1881.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
The act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated, a wrinkle; fold; furrow; ridge.
Source Anna Litvinuk
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Blue Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Turn your site into a dragon with this great scale pattern.
Source Alex Parker
Pixel by pixel, sharp and clean. Very light pattern with clear lines.
Source M.Ashok
Zero CC tileable hard cover red book, scanned and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
A seamless striped fabric-like texture colored in a dark reddish brown color.
Source V. Hartikainen
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
A repeating background with a look of paper. I have added some changes to PatCreator. Now you can share your designs by submitting them to a new gallery section. Start by clicking Edit with PatCreator above.
Source V. Hartikainen
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.
Source Atle Mo