The file was named striped lens, but hey – Translucent Fibres works too.
Source Angelica
A background tile of dark textile. Made this a long time ago and just now decided to publish it.
Source V. Hartikainen
A free seamless background image with abstract texture of green "curtain".
Source V. Hartikainen
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
With a name this awesome, how can I go wrong?
Source Nikolay Boltachev
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
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
A seamless pattern with wide vertical stripes colored in pale yellow.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Drawn in Paint.net using the kaleidoscope plug-in and vectorised.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Background formed from the original with an emboss effect
Source GDJ
You just can’t get enough of the fabric patterns, so here is one more for your collection.
Source Krisp Designs
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Some rectangles, a bit of dust and grunge, plus a hint of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
I scanned a paper coffee cup. You know, in case you need it.
Source Atle Mo
Small dots with minor circles spread across to form a nice mosaic.
Source John Burks
Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.
Source Firkin
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
The image depicts the Japanese Edo pattern called "seigaiha" or "青海波" meaning "blue -sea- wave".I hope it's suitable for the summer season.
Source Yamachem
A background formed from an image of an old tile on the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art website. To get the base tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin