From a drawing in 'In an Enchanted Island', William Mallock, 1892.
Source Firkin
A playful triangle pattern with different shades of gray.
Source Dimitrie Hoekstra
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
I love the movie Pineapple Express, and I’m also liking this Pineapple right here.
Source Audee Mirza
Prismatic Rounded Squares Grid 3 No Background
Source GDJ
The following orange background pattern resembles a honeycomb.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
The image depicts meshed silhouettes of various things.The original image is an OCAL clipart called "Enter FOSSASIA 2016 #IoT T-shirt Design Contest" uploaded by "openclipart".Thanks.
Source Yamachem
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
Produced using the clouds, flames and glass blocks plug-ins in Paint.net and the resulting .PNG vectorised with Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The original has been presented as black on transparent and stored in the pattern definitions. To retrieve the unit tile select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
This one is amazing, truly original. Go use it!
Source Viahorizon
A repeating background with wood/straw like texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
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
I have no idea how to describe this one, but it’s light and delicate.
Source JBasoo
Floral patterns might not be the hottest thing right now, but you never know when you need it!
Source Lauren
Adapted heavily from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Viscious-Speed.
Source Firkin
I’m starting to think I have a concrete wall fetish.
Source Atle Mo
In the spirit of WWDC 2011, here is a dark iOS inspired linen pattern.
Source Atle Mo
Retro Circles Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin