From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Actually remixed from a pattern on Pixabay. But then noticed a very similar one on Openclipart.org uploaded by btj51q2.
Source Firkin
One more updated pattern. Not really carbon fiber, but it’s the most popular pattern, so I’ll give you an extra choice.
Source Atle Mo
Inspired by this, I came up with this pattern. Madness!
Source Atle Mo
The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo
8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated
Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
This background has abstract texture with some similarities to wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
Black version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original pattern.
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Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Remixed from a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.
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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
The name tells you it has curves. Oh yes, it does!
Source Peter Chon
This is a seamless pattern of regular hexagon which has a honeycomb structure.
Source Yamachem
This texture looks like old leather. It should look great as a background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow