A seamless web background with texture of aged grid paper.
Source V. Hartikainen
Background formed from the iconic plastic construction bricks that gave me endless hours of fun when I was a lad.
Source Firkin
Farmer could be some sort of fabric pattern, with a hint of green.
Source Fabian Schultz
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
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
The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 2 No Black
Source GDJ
ZeroCC tileable stone texture, edited from pixabay, CC0
Source Sojan Janso
You know you can’t get enough of these linen-fabric-y patterns.
Source James Basoo
I asked Gjermund if he could make a pattern for us – result!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Remixed from a drawing in 'Incidents on a Journey through Nubia to Darfoor', F. Ensor, 1891.
Source Firkin
Very simple, very blu(e). Subtle and nice.
Source Seb Jachec
Vector version of a png that was uploaded to Pixabay by pencilparker
Source Firkin
A slightly more textured pattern, medium gray. A bit like a potato sack?
Source Bilal Ketab
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
Remixed from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by Pixeline
Source Firkin
High detail stone wall with minor cracks and specks.
Source Projecteightyfive
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Looks like an old wall. I guess that’s it then?
Source Viahorizon
Formed by distorting a JPG from PublicDomainPictures
Source Firkin
A textured blue background pattern with vertical stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
The starting point for this was a texture drawn with the 'Radial Colors' plug-in in Paint.net.
Source Firkin