From a drawing in 'Handbook of the excursions proposed to be made by the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society, on the 27th and 28th of May, 1857', Edward Trollope, 1857.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Classy golf-pants pattern, or crossed stripes if you will.
Source Will Monson
A nice looking light gray background pattern with diagonal stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
An attempt for cleaning up the original image in a few steps.
Source Lazur URH
Inspired by the B&O Play, I had to make this pattern.
Source Atle Mo
A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
I’m not going to lie – if you submit something with the words Norwegian and Rose in it, it’s likely I’ll publish it.
Source Fredrik Scheide
Greyscale version of a pattern that came out of playing with the 'slinky' plug-in for Paint.net
Source Firkin
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Girl in Ten Thousand', Elizabeth Meade, 1896.
Source Firkin
You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
Used in small doses, this could be a nice subtle pattern. Used on a large surface, it’s dirty!
Source Paul Reulat
A background pattern with wavy green vertical stripes. This one has green stripes on a white background. Download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen
A background tile of dark textile. Made this a long time ago and just now decided to publish it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Retro Circles Background 8 No Black
Source GDJ
A dark brown fabric-like background texture with seamless pattern of winding stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 11
Source GDJ
I’m starting to think I have a concrete wall fetish.
Source Atle Mo