Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
A lot of people like the icon patterns, so here’s one for your restaurant blog.
Source Andrijana Jarnjak
A background pattern with a look of rough fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Here's a camo print with more tan and less green, such as might be used in a desert scenario. This is tileable, so it can be used as a wallpaper or background.
Source Eady
From a drawing in 'Danmarks Riges Historie af J. Steenstrup, Kr. Erslev, A. Heise, V. Mollerup, J. A. Fridericia, E. Holm, A. D. Jørgensen', 1897.
Source Firkin
Fix and cc0 to get the tile this is based on.
Source SliverKnight
A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable ground cracked, crackled, texture, made by me.
Source Sojan Janso
Retro Circles Background 7 No Black
Source GDJ
A pattern drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler