A bit like some carbon, or knitted netting if you will.
Source Anna Litvinuk
Remixed from a drawing in 'Works. Popular edition', John Ruskin, 1886.
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
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
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
An abstract texture of black metal pipes (seamless).
Source V. Hartikainen
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
A slightly grainy paper pattern with small horizontal and vertical strokes.
Source Atle Mo
A free black metallic background pattern. Here's a new pattern I made that looks metallic.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
Inspired by a pattern found in 'A General History of Hampshire, or the County of Southampton, including the Isle of Wight', Bernard Woodwood, 1861
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'colour modulo' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Black paper texture, based on two different images.
Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
This is so subtle you need to bring your magnifier!
Source Carlos Valdez
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form", Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A dark background pattern/texture of a dimpled metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen