Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857
Source Firkin
Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.
Source Firkin
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
U.S.-based National Fire Protection Association standard fire diamond for flagging risks posed by hazardous materials. The red diamond has a number 0-4 depending on flammability. The blue diamond has a number 0-4 depending on health hazard. The yellow has a number 0-4 depending on reactivity. the white square has a special notice, e.g OX for oxidizer.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'The Murmur of the Shells', Samuel Cowen, 1879.
Source Firkin
One more brick pattern. A bit more depth to this one.
Source Benjamin Ward
Geometric triangles seem to be quite hot these days.
Source Pixeden
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'rainbow twist' texture in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
A repeating background with dark brown stone-like texture and abstract pattern that looks like tree trunks.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless green background texture. The image is distributed under a Creative Commons License (like all of the images here).
Source V. Hartikainen
We have some linen patterns here, but none that are stressed. Until now.
Source Jordan Pittman
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
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
A free black metallic background pattern. Here's a new pattern I made that looks metallic.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
A pattern derived from repeating unit cells each derived from part of a mosaic in paint.net. The starting point for the mosaic was a picture of some prawns!
Source Firkin
The basic shapes never get old. Simple triangle pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Tiny, tiny 3D cubes. Reminds me of the good old pattern from k10k.
Source Etienne Rallion
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
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
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A seamless marble-like texture colored in light blue.
Source V. Hartikainen