Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Love the style on this one, very fresh. Diagonal diamond pattern. Get it?
Source INS
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
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
Inspired by an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by geralt
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Sort of reminds me of those old house wallpapers.
Source Tish
A seamless pattern formed from cross 4. To get the original tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
You may use it as is, or modify it as you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
Sort of like the Photoshop transparent background, but better!
Source Alex Parker
Prismatic Floral Background No Black
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
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 drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
Remixed from a drawing in 'Prehistoric Man: researches into the origin of civilisation in the old and the new world', Daniel Wilson, 1876.
Source Firkin
A seamless paper background colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Bumps, highlight and shadows – all good things.
Source Badhon Ebrahim