Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.
Source Firkin
Light square grid pattern, great for a “DIY projects” sort of website, maybe?
Source Rafael Almeida
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Abstract Tiled Background Extended 8
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Royal Ramsgate', James Simson, 1897.
Source Firkin
No idea what Nistri means, but it’s a crisp little pattern nonetheless.
Source Markus Reiter
An orange vertically striped background pattern. Feel free to download and use this orange background pattern, for example, on the web). It resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes or something similar to it.
Source V. Hartikainen
Nothing like a clean set of bed sheets, huh?
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A seamless web texture of "green stone".
Source V. Hartikainen
If you don’t like cream and pixels, you’re in the wrong place.
Source Mizanur Rahman
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
A pattern formed from a photograph of a 16th century ceramic tile.
Source Firkin
U.S.-based National Fire Protection Association standard fire diamond for flagging risks posed by hazardous materials. The red diamond has a number 0-4 depending on flammability. The blue diamond has a number 0-4 depending on health hazard. The yellow has a number 0-4 depending on reactivity. the white square has a special notice, e.g OX for oxidizer.
Source Firkin
This ons is quite old school looking. Retro, even. I like it.
Source Arno Declercq
Paper pattern with small dust particles and 45-degree strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Remixed from a drawing in 'The March of Loyalty', Letitia MacClintock, 1884.
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original pattern.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
Old China with a modern twist, take two.
Source Adam Charlts
Has nothing to do with toast, but it’s nice and subtle.
Source Pippin Lee
A frame using leaves from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mayapujiati
Source Firkin
This seamless background image should look nice on websites. It has a dark blue gray texture with vertical stripes, it tiles seamlessly and, like all of the background images here, it's free. So, if you like it, take it!
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Jardyne's Wife', Charles Wills, 1891.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Gold Triangular Seamless Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
I guess this is inspired by the city of Ravenna in Italy and its stone walls.
Source Sentel