From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.
Source Firkin
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a vector adapted from a jpg on Pixabay. The tile this is constructed from can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Heavy depth and shadows here, but might work well on some mobile apps.
Source Damian Rivas
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable wood texture, made by me procedurally in Neo Texture Edit.
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
An interesting dark spotted pattern at an angle.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
More leather, and this time it’s bigger! You know, in case you need that.
Source Elemis
From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
Pattern #100! A black classic knit-looking pattern.
Source Factorio.us Collective
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
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim