Colored maple leaves scattered on a surface. This is tileable, so it can be used as a background or wallpaper.
Source Eady
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
From a drawing in 'Kingsdene', Maria Fetherstonehaugh, 1878.
Source Firkin
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
Medium gray pattern with small strokes to give a weave effect.
Source Catherine
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Here's a dark background pattern that contains a steel grid pattern as a texture. Use it as a website background or for other purposes. It's free!
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
From an image on opengameart.org shared by rubberduck.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
The image is the remix of "wire-mesh fence seamless pattern" .This is a more minute version of it.Sorry for the file size.Using path>difference in Inkscape, I will cut out any silhouette from this pattern and create a "meshed silhouette".
Source Yamachem
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
A comeback for you: the popular Escheresque, now in black.
Source Patten
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin