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
From a drawing in 'Artists and Arabs', Henry Blackburn, 1868
Source Firkin
Not a flat you live inside, like in the UK – but a flat piece of cardboard.
Source Appleshadow
Light gray grunge wall with a nice texture overlay.
Source Adam Anlauf
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
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
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
You don’t see many mid-tone patterns here, but this one is nice.
Source Joel Klein
Black paper texture, based on two different images.
Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle
Colour version that is close to the original drawing uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
Formed from a tile based on a drawing from 'Viaggi d'un artista nell'America Meridionale', Guido Boggiani, 1895.
Source Firkin
This one needs to be used in small areas; you can see it repeat.
Source Luca
Dark wooden pattern, given the subtle treatment. based on texture from Cloaks. https://cloaks.deviantart.com
Source Atle Mo
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin