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
From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
One more in the line of patterns inspired by Japanese/Asian styles. Smooth.
Source Kim Ruddock
Simple combination of stripy squares with their negatively coloured counterparts
Source Firkin
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
A subtle shadowed checkered pattern. Increase the lightness for even more subtle sexiness.
Source Josh Green
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
Seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable wood texture, made by me procedurally in Neo Texture Edit.
Source Sojan Janso
Formed by distorting the inside front cover of 'Diversæ insectarum volatilium : icones ad vivum accuratissmè depictæ per celeberrimum pictorem', Jacob Hoefnagel, 1630.
Source Firkin
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks.
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Kaz
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
This is a more minute version of "fishnet 01".The image depicts a seamless pattern of a fishnet with a plenty of fish.It may be a lucky charm for fishermen.
Source Yamachem
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 4 No Background
Source GDJ
Nice little grid. Would work great as a base on top of some other patterns.
Source Arno Gregorian
New paper pattern with a slightly organic feel to it, using some thin threads.
Source Atle Mo
Dead simple but beautiful horizontal line pattern.
Source Fabian Schultz
Prismatic Snowflakes Pattern No Background
Source GDJ