It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
Another fairly simple design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Sort of reminds me of those old house wallpapers.
Source Tish
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by k_jprather
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Abstract Arbitrary Geometric Background derived from an image on Pixabay.
Source GDJ
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background
Source GDJ
It has waves, so make sure you don’t get sea sickness.
Source CoolPatterns
A seamless background of warped stripes on paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Never out of fashion and so much hotter than the 45º everyone knows, here is a sweet 60º line pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A bit simplified version. Although it could be edited out to be simpler. Anyway, this time the tiling is converted to a pattern fill -which is using clipping for the tile's edges.
Source Lazur URH