From a drawing in 'A Guide to the Guildhall of the City of London', John Baddeley, 1898.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
A gray background pattern with a texture of textile. Suits perfectly for web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
This is the remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".This is the flowers of pink silk tree which is called "nemuno-ki".About pink silk tree ,refer to here:https://jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301210439/
Source Yamachem
This metal background pattern resembles a metal plate with rivets. Solid rivets on a metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Hexagonalism Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless texture of black leather. I think it will look best when used in headers, footers or sidebars.
Source V. Hartikainen
Inspired by a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte', Freidrich Hellwald, 1896.
Source Firkin
I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
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
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern of "sewn stripes" colored in light gray.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Everyone loves a diamond, right? Make your site sparkle.
Source AJ Troxell
A background pattern with blue on white vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
Retro Circles Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Dark, lines, noise, tactile. You get the drift.
Source Anatoli Nicolae
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
Source Firkin