A free background pattern with abstract green tiles.
Source V. Hartikainen
Kaleidoscope Prismatic Abstract No Background
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern from a tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales', Marie Trevelyan, 1895.
Source Firkin
This background pattern contains worn out colorful stripes as a texture.
Source V. Hartikainen
This seamless light brown background texture resembles a wallpaper with vertical stripes. One way to use it is as a tiled background on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Derived from a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
A series of 5 patterns. That’s what the P stands for, if you didn’t guess it.
Source Dima Shiper
Small gradient crosses inside 45-degree boxes, or bigger crosses if you will.
Source Wassim
Zero CC tileable ground cracked, crackled, texture, made by me.
Source Sojan Janso
This is so subtle I hope you can see it! Tweak at will.
Source Alexandre Naud
A very slick dark rubber grip pattern, sort of like the grip on a camera.
Source Sinisha
Bit of a strange name on this one, but still nice. Tiny gray square things.
Source Carlos Valdez
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Bond Slaves. The story of a struggle.', Isabella Varley, 1893.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a modified version of rwwgub's tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
You know, tiny and sharp. I’m sure you’ll find a use for it.
Source Atle Mo
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Nothing like a clean set of bed sheets, huh?
Source Badhon Ebrahim
The first pattern on here using opacity. Try it on a site with a colored background, or even using mixed colors.
Source Nathan Spady
One more brick pattern. A bit more depth to this one.
Source Benjamin Ward
From a drawing in 'Hubert Montreuil, or the Huguenot and the Dragoon', Francisca Ouvry, 1873.
Source Firkin
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