Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
You know you can’t get enough of these linen-fabric-y patterns.
Source James Basoo
Remixed from a JPG that was uploaded to Pixabay by Osckar
Source Firkin
Zero CC tileable pine bark texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A pattern formed from a squared tile. The tile can be accessed in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Colour version of the original pattern inspired by the front cover of 'Old and New Paris', Henry Edwards, 1894.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
From a drawing in 'Studies for Stories', Jean Ingelow, 1864.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a pattern I saw in a 19th century book. This seamless pattern was created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the pattern in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A cute x, if you need that sort of thing.
Source Juan Scrocchi
Zerro CC tillable texture of stones photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A free background image with a seamless texture of cardboard. This texture of cardboard looks quite realistic, especially when is actually tiled.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1885.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing in 'A Child of the Age', Francis Adams, 1894.
Source Firkin
Light gray version of the Binding pattern that looks a bit like fabric.
Source Newbury
This is a remix of "blue wave-seigaiha".I hope this subtle color version of Seigaiha would be suitable for background .
Source Yamachem
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 5 No Black
Source GDJ
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
Derived from a corner decoration itself found as a jpg on Pixabay.
Source Firkin
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 3
Source GDJ