Part of Bayeux Tapestry 6 #2444
Noise CC 0From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
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Subtle Orange Emboss@2X #98
Light CC BY-SA 3.0A hint of orange color, and some crossed and embossed lines.
Source Adam Anlauf
Translucent Fibres@2X #944
Light CC BY-SA 3.0The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
Art Nouveau ornament-seamless pattern #2550
Brown CC 0This is the remix of an OCAL clipart called "Art Nouveau ornament" uploaded by "microcosme".Thanks.This is a seamless pattern of an Art Nouveau ornament.
Source Yamachem
Seamless tile 4 #1812
Red CC 0Not strictly seamless in that opposite edges are not identical. But they do marry up to make an interesting pattern
Source Firkin
Page ornament 22 #2358
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'A Rolling Stone. A tale of wrongs and revenge', John Hartley, 1878.
Source Firkin
Knitted Sweater@2X #1098
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
Ravenna@2X #355
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel
Decorative divider #1996
Dark CC 0From a drawing in 'Two Women in the Klondike', Mary Hitchcock, 1899.
Source Firkin
Polonez Pattern@2X #335
Gray CC BY-SA 3.0A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Decorative divider 217 #2233
Dark CC 0Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
The Black Mamba #769
Dark CC BY-SA 3.0Super dark, crisp and detailed. And a Kill Bill reference.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Chipboard #2581
Wood CC 0A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Textured Orange Stripe Pattern #997
Stripes CC BY-SA 3.0A textured orange background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Vintage pattern #1958
Grid CC 0Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Tessellation 15 (colour) #2222
Blue CC 0The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Knitted Sweater #1097
Light CC BY-SA 3.0Can never have too many knitting patterns, especially as nice as this.
Source Victoria Spahn
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background@2X #783
Light CC 0Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
Diamond pattern (colour 9) #2269
Fabric CC 0From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Flower Trail #741
Noise CC BY-SA 3.0Sharp pixel pattern, just like the good old days.
Source Paridhi
Grass #1278
Green CC 0Zero CC tileable grass texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Soft Wallpaper #95
Wall CC BY-SA 3.0Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Light Wool #695
Grid CC BY-SA 3.0Submitted as a black pattern, I made it light and a few steps more subtle.
Source Andy