Dare I call this a «flat pattern»? Probably not.
Source Dax Kieran
From a drawing in 'Cassell's Library of English Literature', Henry Morley, 1883.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by theasad121
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Actually, there's no clouds in it, but I think it looks quite nice.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern formed from a modified version of rwwgub's tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
It has waves, so make sure you don’t get sea sickness.
Source CoolPatterns
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
The name alone is awesome, but so is this sweet dark pattern.
Source Federica Pelzel
Wild Oliva or Oliva Wilde? Darker than the others, sort of a medium dark pattern.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A background pattern with a look of rough fabric.
Source V. Hartikainen
Here's a seamless brown cork board background texture. Feel free to download or reshare if you like.
Source V. Hartikainen
Square design drawn in Paint.net and vectorized in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
A heavy hitter at 400x400px, but lovely still.
Source Breezi
You know I love paper patterns. Here is one from Stephen. Say thank you!
Source Stephen Gilbert
Nasty or not, it’s a nice pattern that tiles. Like they all do.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
The green fibers pattern will work very well in grayscale as well.
Source Matteo Di Capua
Inspired by a pattern I saw in a 19th century book. This seamless pattern was created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
It was called Navy Blue, but I made it dark. You know, the way I like it.
Source Ethan Hamilton
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin