A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.
Source Sinisha
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.
A large pattern with funky shapes and form. An original. Sort of origami-ish.
Source Luuk van Baars
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background
Source GDJ
The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
A seamless pattern of "sewn stripes" colored in light gray.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background
Source GDJ
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Dead simple but beautiful horizontal line pattern.
Source Fabian Schultz
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
A nice one indeed, but I have a feeling we have it already? If you spot a copy, let me know on Twitter.
Source Graphiste