From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
Same classic 45-degree pattern, dark version.
Source Luke McDonald
Old China with a modern twist, take two.
Source Adam Charlts
Seamless tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
With a name like this, it has to be hot. Diagonal lines in light shades.
Source Isaac
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Three shades of gray makes this pattern look like a small carbon fiber surface. Great readability even for small fonts.
Source Atle Mo
Wild Oliva or Oliva Wilde? Darker than the others, sort of a medium dark pattern.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
I have no idea how to describe this one, but it’s light and delicate.
Source JBasoo
Drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless background drawn in Paint.net and vectorised with Vector Magic. The starting point was a photograph of drinking straws from Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Isometric Cube Extra Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Variation 2 With Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Looks like an old rug or a computer chip.
Source Patutin Sergey
This background image is great for using in web design or graphic design projects. And don't forget to visit the homepage. I frequently update this resource with fresh tileable backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
This one could be the shirt of a golf player. Angled lines in different thicknesses.
Source Olivier Pineda
Actually remixed from a pattern on Pixabay. But then noticed a very similar one on Openclipart.org uploaded by btj51q2.
Source Firkin
A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie