Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.
Source Firkin
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'An Old Maid's Love. A Dutch tale told in English', Maarten Maartens, 1891.
Source Firkin
Not the Rebel alliance, but a dark textured pattern.
Source Hendrik Lammers
Tweed is back in style – you heard it here first. Also, the @2X version here is great!
Source Simon Leo
Remixed from a drawing in 'An Index to Deering's Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova', Rupert Chicken, 1899. The unit tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i
Source Firkin
A repeating background of beige (or is it more vanilla yellow) textured stripes. One more background with stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Subtle scratches on a light gray background.
Source Andrey Ovcharov
A seamless pattern formed from a sports car on clker.com. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
The tile can be had by using shift+alt+i on the selected rectangle in Inkscape
Source Firkin
A dark background pattern/texture of a dimpled metal plate.
Source V. Hartikainen
A free seamless background pattern for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Same as gray sand but lighter. A sandy pattern with small light dots, and some angled strokes.
Source Atle Mo
Run a restaurant blog? Here you go. Done.
Source Andrijana Jarnjak
Sharp diamond pattern. A small 24x18px tile.
Source Tom Neal
I know there is one here already, but this is sexy!
Source Gjermund Gustavsen
Prismatic Polka Dots Mark II 2 No Background
Source GDJ
Textured Red Brown Plastic, Free Background Pattern. Although there's already enough plastic in our lives, let's bring it to the web too.)
Source V. Hartikainen
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Sort of like the back of a wooden board. Light, subtle, and stylish, just the way we like it!
Source Nikolalek
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
This background pattern has futuristic look. So, maybe it could be used on websites or blogs dedicated to video games?!
Source V. Hartikainen