Soft Circle Scales@2X #114
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

Japanese looking fish scale pattern.

Source Ian Soper

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Leafy design 18 (colour)@2XaFloral design 96 (colour) #1787
 Green  CC 0

From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.

Source Firkin

paper filer pack 2 #140
 Noise  CC 0

A set of paper filters. The base texture is generated the same way, only the compositing mode is varied.

Source Lazur URH

Prismatic Isometric Cube Wireframe Pattern No Background #499
 Light  CC 0

Prismatic Isometric Cube Wireframe Pattern No Background

Source GDJ

3px Tile #342
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

Tiny dark square tiles with varied color tones.

Source Gre3g

Black Linen@2X #64
 Dark  CC BY-SA 3.0

In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.

Source Atle Mo

Grilled Noise #581
 Fabric  CC BY-SA 3.0

You could get a bit dizzy from this one, but it might come in handy.

Source Dertig Media

Background pattern 203 (colour 2) #2485
 Green  CC 0

A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.

Source Firkin

Background pattern 252 #2162
 Dark  CC 0

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

Leather 1 #13
 Light  CC BY-SA 3.0

A leather pattern with a hint of yellow.

Source Atle Mo