A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Orange-red pattern for tiled backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Geometric lines are always hot, and this pattern is no exception.
Source Listvetra
The tile this fill pattern is based on can be had by using shift+alt+i on the rectangle.
Source Firkin
Feel free to use this seamless background texture as a background on a web site. It's colored in a light pink color and is seamlessly tile-able.
Source V. Hartikainen
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
This seamless background image should look nice on websites. It has a dark blue gray texture with vertical stripes, it tiles seamlessly and, like all of the background images here, it's free. So, if you like it, take it!
Source V. Hartikainen
Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma
A dark metal plate with an embossed grid pattern and a bit of rust. Here's a dark metal plate texture for use as a tiled background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Lovely pattern with splattered vintage speckles.
Source David Pomfret
Seamless pattern made from a tile that can be obtained in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Very dark pattern with some noise and 45-degree lines.
Source Stefan Aleksić
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Kulturgeschichte der Deutschen im Mittelalter' Franz von Loeher, 1891. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Prepared mostly as a raster in Paint.net and vectorised.
Source Firkin
I love cream! 50x50px and lovely in all the good ways.
Source Thomas Myrman
Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.
Source Tom Neal
From a drawing in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo