This one is super crisp at 2X. Lined paper with some dust and scratches.
Source HQvectors
Green Background Pattern
Source V. Hartikainen
The image depicts a seamless pattern made using a bird's face.
Source Yamachem
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 4 No Background
Source GDJ
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
Seamless Background For Websites. It has a texture similar to cork-board.
Source V. Hartikainen
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
Free tiled background with colorful stripes and white splatter.
Source V. Hartikainen
Hexagonal dark 3D pattern. What more can you ask for?
Source Norbert Levajsics
From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.
Source Firkin
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Derived from a drawing in 'Historiske Afhandlinger', Adolf Jorgensen, 1898.
Source Firkin
Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
Derived from a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
The tile this is formed from can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin