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
This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
More leather, and this time it’s bigger! You know, in case you need that.
Source Elemis
To get the tile this is based on 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
Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Black paper texture, based on two different images.
Source Atle Mo
Based from Design Kindle
A heavy dark gray base, some subtle noise and a 45-degree grid makes this look like a pattern with a tactile feel to it.
Source Atle Mo
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A free seamless background pattern for use on websites.
Source V. Hartikainen
The image depicts a pattern of regular hexagon.As I made to use it for myself,I want to others to use it.Speaking about the ratio of the image, height : width = 2 : √3(1.732...)Ridiculous to say,I realized later that this image is not honey comb pattern.I have to slide the second row.
Source Yamachem
A free seamless background texture of "timber wall" (colored in dark brown).
Source V. Hartikainen