Seamless pattern the tile for which can be had by using shift-alt-I on the selected rectangle in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
This is a semi-dark pattern, sort of linen-y.
Source Sagive SEO
This was formed by distorting an image of a background on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
ZeroCC tileable stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
Prismatic Curved Diamond Pattern 6 No Background
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Heroes of North African Discovery', Nancy Meugens, 1894.
Source Firkin
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
Derived from a drawing in 'Historiske Afhandlinger', Adolf Jorgensen, 1898.
Source Firkin
Derived from an image that was uploaded to Pixabay by mdmelo.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Seamless Background For Websites. It has a texture similar to cork-board.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern the starting point for which was a 'light rays' rendering in Paint.net.
Source Firkin
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
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Lovely pattern with splattered vintage speckles.
Source David Pomfret
This light background pattern has a texture of "frozen" surface with diagonal stripes. Here's an yet another addition to the collection of free website backgrounds.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern based on a rectangular tile that can be retrieved in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
An alternative colour scheme to the original seamless pattern.
Source Firkin
A seamlessly tile-able grunge background image.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by ractapopulous
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Les Chroniqueurs de l'Histoire de France depuis les origines jusqu'au XVIe siècle', Henriette Witt, 1884.
Source Firkin
These dots are already worn for you, so you don’t have to.
Source Matt McDaniel