Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Super subtle indeed, a medium gray pattern with tiny dots in a grid.
Source Designova
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Gately's World's Progress', Charles Beale, 1886.
Source Firkin
This is indeed a bit strange, but here’s to the crazy ones!
Source Christopher Buecheler
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
White little knobs, coming in at 10x10px. Sweet!
Source Amos
Stefan is hard at work, this time with a funky pattern of squares.
Source Stefan Aleksić
Prismatic Geometric Pattern Background No Black
Source GDJ
Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.
Source GDJ
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
You know you can’t get enough of these linen-fabric-y patterns.
Source James Basoo
Inspired by this, I came up with this pattern. Madness!
Source Atle Mo
Scanned some rice paper and tiled it up for you. Enjoy.
Source Atle Mo
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin
Super detailed 16×16 tile that forms a beautiful pattern of straws.
Source Pavel
The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they traveled through the computer.
Source Haris Šumić
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin