I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background No Black
Source GDJ
Background pattern originally a PNG drawn in Paint.net
Source Firkin
It’s an egg, in the form of a pattern. This really is 2012.
Source Paul Phönixweiß
White handmade paper pattern with small bumps.
Source Marquis
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 7 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.
Source Firkin
Fabric-ish patterns are close to my heart. French Stucco to the rescue.
Source Christopher Buecheler
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
The original enhanced with some gradients.
Source Firkin
A free repetitive background with a dark concrete wall like texture. This one may be used in dark web site designs.
Source V. Hartikainen
More in the paper realm, this time with fibers.
Source Jorge Fuentes
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
Remixed from an image on Pixabay uploaded by Prawny
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin