From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo
The original has been presented as black on transparent and stored in the pattern definitions. To retrieve the unit tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Fix and cc0 to get the tile this is based on.
Source SliverKnight
This is the remix of "Colorful Floral Pattern Background 3" uploaded by "GDJ". Thanks.
Source Yamachem
Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
A tile-able background for websites with paper-like texture and a grid pattern layered on top of it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
A seamless pattern formed from cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
That’s what it is, a dark dot. Or sort of carbon looking.
Source Tsvetelin Nikolov
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Colour version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'light rays' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
The image depicts a seamless pattern of Japanese Edo pattern called "kikkou-matsu" or "亀甲松" meaning " tortoiseshell-pinetree".The real pinetree is like this: https://jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301065077/
Source Yamachem
f you want png files of this u can download them here : viscious-speed.deviantart.com/gallery/27635117
Source Viscious-Speed
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Canadian forest industries July-December', 1915
Source Firkin