From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Colorful Floral Background 3 No Black
Source GDJ
Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
Utilising a bird from s-light and some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Crossing lines with a subtle emboss effect on a dark background.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 8 No Background
Source GDJ
Formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Danmarks Riges Historie af J. Steenstrup, Kr. Erslev, A. Heise, V. Mollerup, J. A. Fridericia, E. Holm, A. D. Jørgensen', 1897.
Source Firkin
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
First pattern tailor-made for Retina, with many more to come. All the old ones are upscaled, in case you want to re-download.
Source Atle Mo
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin