From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Use shift+alt+i on the selected rectangle in Inkscape to get the tile this is based on
Source Firkin
A mid-tone gray pattern with some cement looking texture.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A green background pattern with warped vertical stripes and a grunge look.
Source V. Hartikainen
Honestly, who does not like a little pipe and mustache?
Source Luca Errico
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Everyone loves a diamond, right? Make your site sparkle.
Source AJ Troxell
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
I have no idea how to describe this one, but it’s light and delicate.
Source JBasoo
Sort of reminds me of those old house wallpapers.
Source Tish
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
The original has been presented as black on transparent and stored in the pattern definitions. To retrieve the unit tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'Danmarks Riges Historie af J. Steenstrup, Kr. Erslev, A. Heise, V. Mollerup, J. A. Fridericia, E. Holm, A. D. Jørgensen', 1897.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Chevrons Pattern 5 With Background
Source GDJ
Pattern Background, Texture, Photoshop Structure style CC0 texture.
Source Darkmoon1968
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić