From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a photograph of a 16th century ceramic tile.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
This makes me wanna shoot some pool! Sweet green pool table pattern.
Source Caveman
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
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Medium gray fabric pattern with 45-degree lines going across.
Source Atle Mo
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Derived from elements found in a floral ornament drawing on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Blue Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
CC0 and a seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net .
Source SliverKnight
This is the remix of "plant pattern 02".I changed the object color to white and the BG to purple.The image a seamless pattern derived from a weed which I can't identify.The original weed image is from here:jp.pinterest.com/pin/500744052301423641/
Source Yamachem
Zero CC tileable Crackled Cement (streaks) texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
Sharp pixel pattern looking like some sort of fabric.
Source Dmitry
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Derived from a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
A free seamless background texture of "timber wall" (colored in dark brown).
Source V. Hartikainen
Zero CC tileable wood texture, made by me procedurally in Neo Texture Edit.
Source Sojan Janso
Remixed from a design 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
Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
A free pink background pattern.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Basic Pattern 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ