From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
A repeating gloomy background image. This one consists of a pattern of black chains layered on top of a dark textured background.
Source V. Hartikainen
A classic dark tile for a bit of vintage darkness.
Source Listvetra
Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
A seamless pattern formed from cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Plywood Web Background background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
A dark striped seamless pattern suitable for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Number 3 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
An abstract texture of black metal pipes (seamless).
Source V. Hartikainen
There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
Lovely pattern with splattered vintage speckles.
Source David Pomfret
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin