Sweet and subtle white plaster with hints of noise and grunge.
Source Phil Maurer
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
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Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
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
Hexagonal dark 3D pattern. What more can you ask for?
Source Norbert Levajsics
A very dark asfalt pattern based off of a photo taken with my iPhone.
Source Atle Mo
The tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i. Remixed from a drawing in 'Flowers of Song', Frederick Weatherly, 1895.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design on Pixabay. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
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Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
The original enhanced with some gradients.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless pattern of dark bricks. Maybe it's not very realistic, but it looks good in my opinion.
Source V. Hartikainen
Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
And some more testing, this time with Seamless Studio. It’s Robots FFS!
Source Seamless Studio
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
From an image on opengameart.org shared by rubberduck.
Source Firkin
This background pattern has futuristic look. So, maybe it could be used on websites or blogs dedicated to video games?!
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
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Source Firkin