From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
Source Firkin
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
A brown seamless wood texture in a form of stripe pattern. The result has turned out pretty well, in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
The image depicts polka dot seamless pattern.
Source Yamachem
You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
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
This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
A seamless pattern formed from background pattern 102
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black
Source GDJ
I’m not going to lie – if you submit something with the words Norwegian and Rose in it, it’s likely I’ll publish it.
Source Fredrik Scheide
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.
Source Stefan Aleksić
If you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A seamlessly repeating background pattern of wood. The image is procedurally generated, and, I think, it's turned out quite well.
Source V. Hartikainen
This one has rusty dark brown texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
The image a seamless pattern of a wire-mesh fence.I want you to use this pattern as a lower layer.
Source Yamachem
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat