From a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
There are quite a few grid patterns, but this one is a super tiny grid with some dust for good measure.
Source Dominik Kiss
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Green Background Pattern
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark, square, clean and tidy. What more can you ask for?
Source Jaromír Kavan
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This one is so simple, yet so good. And you know it. Has to be in the collection.
Source Gluszczenko
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background
Source GDJ
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5
Source GDJ
Zero CC asphalt, pavement, texture, photographed and made by me. CC0 WARNING I FOUND A SEAM ON THIS TEXTURE
Source Sojan Janso
Dark pattern with some nice diagonal stitched lines crossing over.
Source Ashton
The perfect pattern for all your blogs about type, or type-related matters.
Source Atle Mo