Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857. The tile this is based on can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Navigations de Alouys de Cademoste.-La Navigation du Capitaine Pierre Sintre', Alvise da ca da Mosto, 1895.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Picturesque New Guinea', J Lindt, 1887.
Source Firkin
I have no idea what J Boo means by this name, but hey – it’s hot.
Source j Boo
This one looks like a cork panel. Feel free to use it as a tiled background on your blog or website.
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.
Source Firkin
Free tiled background with colorful stripes and white splatter.
Source V. Hartikainen
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 3
Source GDJ
A seamless pattern created from a square tile. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Luxurious looking pattern (for a T-shirt maybe?) with a hint of green.
Source Simon Meek
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Coming in at 666x666px, this is an evil big pattern, but nice and soft at the same time.
Source Atle Mo
Seamless Dark Grunge Texture. Here's a new grunge texture for use as a background.
Source V. Hartikainen
Seamless pattern the basic tile for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Zero CC bark from fur tree tileable texture, photographed and made by me. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A seamless pattern the unit cell for which can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin
A very dark spotted twinkle pattern for your twinkle needs.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
This is lovely, just the right amount of subtle noise, lines and textures.
Source Richard Tabor
From a drawing in 'Line and form', Walter Crane, 1914.
Source Firkin
Bright Multicolored Floral Background by Karen Arnold from PDP.
Source GDJ
Dark blue concrete wall with some small dust spots.
Source Atle Mo
Wild Oliva or Oliva Wilde? Darker than the others, sort of a medium dark pattern.
Source Badhon Ebrahim