From a drawing in 'Danmarks Riges Historie af J. Steenstrup, Kr. Erslev, A. Heise, V. Mollerup, J. A. Fridericia, E. Holm, A. D. Jørgensen', 1897.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
A topographic map like this has actually been requested a few times, so here you go!
Source Sam Feyaerts
A free seamless background texture that looks like a brown stone wall.
Source V. Hartikainen
You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
A seamless background pattern of dark brown wood planks.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern from a tile made from a jpg on Pixabay. To get the tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
A seamless design of flowers remixed from a jpg on Pixabay by Prawny.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Osckar
Source Firkin
A textured blue background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless Prismatic Pythagorean Line Art Pattern No Background. A seamless pattern that includes the original tile (go to Objects / Pattern / Pattern To Objects in Inkscape's menu to extract it).
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'An Old Maid's Love. A Dutch tale told in English', Maarten Maartens, 1891.
Source Firkin
Bright gray tones with a hint of some metal surface.
Source Hendrik Lammers
I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Horizontal and vertical lines on a light gray background.
Source Adam Anlauf
Remixed from a drawing in 'The Canadian horticulturist', 1892
Source Firkin
It’s a hole, in a pattern. On your website. Dig it!
Source Josh Green
Remixed from an image on Pixabay, the original having been uploaded by darkmoon1968.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Nice and simple crossed lines in dark gray tones.
Source Stefan Aleksić
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Light honeycomb pattern made up of the classic hexagon shape.
Source Federica Pelzel