Remixed from a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
A repeating background of thick textured paper. Actually, it turned out to look like something between a paper and fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'The Quiver of Love', Walter Crane, 1876
Source Firkin
Alternative colour scheme for the original floral pattern.
Source Firkin
Simple gray checkered lines, in light tones.
Source Radosław Rzepecki
This one has rusty dark brown texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
An abstract pale yellow paper-like background with stains colored in yellow and green.
Source V. Hartikainen
A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The square tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
A background tile of dark textile. Made this a long time ago and just now decided to publish it.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen