Did anyone say The Hoff? This pattern is in no way related to Baywatch.
Source Josh Green
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
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
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a photograph of a 16th century ceramic tile.
Source Firkin
Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
A new one called white wall, not by me this time.
Source Yuji Honzawa
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
A free web background image with a seamless concrete-like texture and an Indian-red color.
Source V. Hartikainen
Number 5 in a series of 5 beautiful patterns. Can be found in colors on the submitter’s website.
Source Janos Koos
The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
This one takes you back to math class. Classic mathematic board underlay.
Source Josh Green
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
Source Firkin