From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A seamless light gray paper texture with horizontal double lines.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Worsborough; its historical associations and rural attractions', Joseph Wilkinson, 1879.
Source Firkin
8 by 8 pixels, and just what the title says.
Source pixilated
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
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Honestly, who does not like a little pipe and mustache?
Source Luca Errico
Based on an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by devanath
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
The edges of all the red objects line up either vertically or horizontally, but it doesn't appear so. Made from a square tile that can be got by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Inspired by a drawing in 'Poems', James Smith, 1881.
Source Firkin
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Hypnotic Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A comeback for you: the popular Escheresque, now in black.
Source Patten
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
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Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
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A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
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Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
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The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Luxury pattern, looking like it came right out of Paris.
Source Daniel Beaton
An alternative colour scheme for the original background.
Source Firkin