Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A series of 5 patterns. That’s what the P stands for, if you didn’t guess it.
Source Dima Shiper
Heavy depth and shadows here, but might work well on some mobile apps.
Source Damian Rivas
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
Source Firkin
I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
CC0 and seamless wellington boot pattern.
Source SliverKnight
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 5 No Background
Source GDJ
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2
Source GDJ
Actually, there's no clouds in it, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 6
Source GDJ
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ