By popular request, an outline version of the pentagon pattern.
Source Atle Mo
The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
This white background pattern has a seamless grunge style texture. Here's a white grunge style background pattern. Use it as a tiled background image on web sites or for other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Continuing the geometric trend, here is one more.
Source Mike Warner
The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
This one is amazing, truly original. Go use it!
Source Viahorizon
Just like the black maze, only in light gray. Duh.
Source Peax
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ
Dead simple but beautiful horizontal line pattern.
Source Fabian Schultz
So tiny, just 7 by 7 pixels – but still so sexy. Ah yes.
Source Dmitriy Prodchenko
Sometimes you just need the simplest thing.
Source Fabricio
One can never have too few rice paper patterns, so here is one more.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Derived from a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
A seamless web background with texture of aged grid paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Classy golf-pants pattern, or crossed stripes if you will.
Source Will Monson
From a drawing in 'Hyde Park from Domesday-Book to date', John Ashton, 1896.
Source Firkin
Original minus the background
Source Firkin
An abstract texture of water. It's not perfect, but will do. You may download if you like it.
Source V. Hartikainen