A simple but elegant classic. Every collection needs one of these.
Source Christopher Burton
A white version of the very popular linen pattern.
Source Ant Ekşiler
Based on an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by devanath
Source Firkin
A repeating background with seamless texture of stone. There haven't been any stone-like backgrounds for a while, so I have decided to create one more. The rest can be found in the appropriate category.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern inspired by a drawing on Pixabay. To get the tile this is formed from, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
White fabric looking texture with some nice random wave features.
Source Hendrik Lammers
A free web background image with a seamless concrete-like texture and an Indian-red color.
Source V. Hartikainen
People seem to enjoy dark patterns, so here is one with some circles.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
From a design in 'Storia del Palazzo Vecchio in Firenze', Aurelio Gotti, 1889.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
Otis Ray Redding was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. So you know.
Source Thomas Myrman
A nice looking light gray background pattern with diagonal stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
A version without colours blended together to give a different look.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
This background has abstract texture with some similarities to wood.
Source V. Hartikainen
One more from Badhon, sharp horizontal lines making an embossed paper feeling.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
A seamless chequerboard pattern formed from a tile that can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i. Alternative colour scheme.
Source Firkin
Heavily remixed from a drawing in 'Barbara Leybourne; a story of eighty years ago', Sarah Hamer, 1889.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
It almost looks a bit blurry, but then again, so are fishes.
Source Petr Šulc
Lovely pattern with some good-looking non-random noise lines.
Source Zucx
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin