From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
A seamless tessellation pattern. To get the tile this is formed from, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A bit simplified version. Although it could be edited out to be simpler. Anyway, this time the tiling is converted to a pattern fill -which is using clipping for the tile's edges.
Source Lazur URH
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
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Number 1 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Tiny little fibers making a soft and sweet look.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A grayscale fabric pattern with vertical lines of stitch holes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a fractal rendering in paint.net.
Source Firkin
Sounds French. Some 3D square diagonals, that’s all you need to know.
Source Graphiste
Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Hexagonalist Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
The following free background pattern has glossy diagonal stripes as a texture to it, and it's colored in a light blue gray color. This background pattern is suitable for using in web design or any other graphic design projects. This applies to all background patterns here.
Source V. Hartikainen