A rusty grunge background for websites. Feel free to use it in your site's theme.
Source V. Hartikainen
From a drawing in 'Cowdray: the history of a great English House', Julia Roundell, 1884.
Source Firkin
A good starting point for a cardboard pattern. This would work well in a variety of colors.
Source Atle Mo
Colourful background achieved with gradient fills.
Source Firkin
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Fake or not, it’s quite luxurious.
Source Factorio.us Collective
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
A pale yellow background pattern with vertical stripes. The stripes are partially faded. I think this background image turned out pretty well, especially those faded stripes.
Source V. Hartikainen
Brushed aluminum, in a bright gray version. Lovely 2X as well.
Source Andre Schouten
A dark pattern made out of 3×3 circles and a 1px shadow. This works well as a carbon texture or background.
Source Atle Mo
A simple circle. That’s all it takes. This one is even transparent, for those who like that.
Source Saqib
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
You know you love wood patterns, so here’s one more.
Source Richard Tabor
The unit cell for this seamless pattern can be had in Inkscape by selecting the rectangle and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
This white background pattern has a seamless grunge style texture. Here's a white grunge style background pattern. Use it as a tiled background image on web sites or for other purposes.
Source V. Hartikainen
If you’re sick of the fancy 3D, grunge and noisy patterns, take a look at this flat 2D brick wall.
Source Listvetra
To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
Prismatic Abstract Background Design
Source GDJ
I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain