From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Star Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
A cute x, if you need that sort of thing.
Source Juan Scrocchi
One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
A seamless web background with texture of aged grid paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
Abstract Geometric Monochrome Pattern Prismatic No Background
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
No, not the band but the pattern. Simple squares in gray tones, of course.
Source Atle Mo
As simple and subtle as it gets. But sometimes that’s just what you want.
Source Designova
Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Sort of reminds me of those old house wallpapers.
Source Tish
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin