From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
A seamless pattern recreated from an image on Pixabay. It is reminiscent of parquet flooring and is formed from a square tile, which can be recovered in Inkscape by selecting the ungrouped rectangle and using shift-alt-I together.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
A repeating background of beige paper with vintage look. Repeats to infinity, as usual.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
Not so subtle. These tileable wood patterns are very useful.
Source Elemis
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Seamless Background For Websites. It has a texture similar to cork-board.
Source V. Hartikainen