From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
A classic dark tile for a bit of vintage darkness.
Source Listvetra
Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
Sharp but soft triangles in light shades of gray.
Source Pixeden
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
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A web texture of brown canvas. Will look great, when used in dark web designs.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A smooth mid-tone gray, or low contrast if you will, linen pattern.
Source Jordan Pittman
This is so subtle: We’re talking 1% opacity. Get your squint on!
Source Atle Mo
A bit strange this one, but nice at the same time.
Source Diogo Silva
Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
This is sort of fresh, but still feels a bit old school.
Source Martuchox
It looks very nice I think.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
A bit like some carbon, or knitted netting if you will.
Source Anna Litvinuk
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
Zero CC asphalt, pavement, texture, photographed and made by me. CC0 WARNING I FOUND A SEAM ON THIS TEXTURE
Source Sojan Janso