A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
A pale orange background pattern with glossy groove stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Dark squares with some virus-looking dots in the grid.
Source Hugo Loning
Prismatic Abstract Background Design No Black
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Nice little grid. Would work great as a base on top of some other patterns.
Source Arno Gregorian
The following orange background pattern resembles a honeycomb.
Source V. Hartikainen
A bit like some carbon, or knitted netting if you will.
Source Anna Litvinuk
Here's an yet another seamless note paper texture for use as a background on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Based on several public domain drawings on Wikimedia Commons. This was formed from a rectangular tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
If you like it a bit trippy, this wave pattern might be for you.
Source Ian Soper
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Abstract Line Art Pattern Background 2
Source GDJ
The tile this is based on 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