This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
Remixed from a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
One of the few full-color patterns here, but this one was just too good to pass up.
Source Alexey Usoltsev
A lovely light gray pattern with stripes and a dash of noise.
Source V. Hartikainen
A free web background image with a seamless concrete-like texture and an Indian-red color.
Source V. Hartikainen
ZeroCC tileable beechwood wood texture, generated in Neo Texture Edit by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A light gray wall or floor (you decide) of concrete.
Source Atle Mo
The name Paisley reminds me of an old British servant. That’s just me.
Source Swetha
Some dark 45 degree angles creating a nice pattern. Huge.
Source Dark Sharp Edges
Here's a tile-able wood background image for use in web design.
Source V. Hartikainen
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Isometric Cube Wireframe Pattern No Background
Source GDJ
This is a more minute version of "fishnet 01".The image depicts a seamless pattern of a fishnet with a plenty of fish.It may be a lucky charm for fishermen.
Source Yamachem
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A free seamless background texture of "timber wall" (colored in dark brown).
Source V. Hartikainen
Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
Sort of reminds me of those old house wallpapers.
Source Tish