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Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern based on a square tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
The image depicts a seamless pattern of a tortoise in tortoiseshell (hexagon).
Source Yamachem
A seamless background texture of old cardboard.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Hungary. A guide book. By several authors', 1890.
Source Firkin
The image depicts a seamless pattern of the design which includes a stylized lotus and a stylized crane.I referred to the original image in a book which is into public domain.
Source Yamachem
Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
You were craving more leather, so I whipped this up by scanning a leather jacket.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Semi-light fabric pattern made out of random pixels in shades of gray.
Source Atle Mo
Abstract Ellipses Background Grayscale
Source GDJ
The rectangular tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Uit de geschiedenis der Heilige Stede te Amsterdam', Yohannes Sterck, 1898.
Source Firkin
Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
A car pattern?! Can it be subtle? I say yes!
Source Radosław Rzepecki
If you don’t like cream and pixels, you’re in the wrong place.
Source Mizanur Rahman
Same as the black version, but now in shades of gray. Very subtle and fine grained.
Source Atle Mo