Here's a new paper-like background for free use on personal and commercial projects (this applies to all background patterns here).
Source V. Hartikainen
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
Here's a repeatable texture that resembles a light green concrete wall or something similar.
Source V. Hartikainen
A seamless pattern formed from a tile made from page ornament 22. To get the tile, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Real Sailor-Songs', John Ashton, 1891.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Maidenhood; or, the Verge of the Stream', Laura Jewry, 1876.
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I.
Source Firkin
Floral patterns will never go out of style, so enjoy this one.
Source Lasma
Prismatic Abstract Geometric Background 4 No Black
Source GDJ
The classic 45-degree diagonal line pattern, done right.
Source Jorick van Hees
A dark metal plate with an embossed grid pattern and a bit of rust. Here's a dark metal plate texture for use as a tiled background on web pages.
Source V. Hartikainen
Prismatic Geometric Tessellation Pattern 3 No Background
Source GDJ
An abstract texture of black metal pipes (seamless).
Source V. Hartikainen
Have you wondered about how it feels to be buried alive? Here is the pattern for it.
Source Hendrik Lammers
This one needs to be used in small areas; you can see it repeat.
Source Luca
Submitted by DomainsInfo – wtf, right? But hey, a free pattern.
Source DomainsInfo
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-I. A version of the original with random colors.
Source Firkin
Design drawn in Paint.net, vectorised using Vector Magic and finished in Inkscape.
Source Firkin
Black And White Floral Pattern Background from PDP.
Source GDJ