From a drawing in 'Handbook of the excursions proposed to be made by the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society, on the 27th and 28th of May, 1857', Edward Trollope, 1857.
Source Firkin
A beautiful dark padded pattern, like an old classic sofa.
Source Chris Baldie
Inspired by a 1930s wallpaper pattern I saw on TV.
Source Firkin
Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. A version of the original with random colors.
Source Firkin
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Friend or Fortune? The story of a strange year', Robert Overton, 1897.
Source Firkin
A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
To celebrate the new feature, we need some sparkling diamonds.
Source Atle Mo
Fix and cc0 to get the tile this is based on.
Source SliverKnight
Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Here's a subtle marble-like background for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Utilising some flowers from Almeidah. To get the unit tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Black And White Floral Pattern Background from PDP.
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
Like the name says, light and gray, with some small dots and circles.
Source Brenda Lay
A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton