From a drawing in 'Hyde Park from Domesday-Book to date', John Ashton, 1896.
Source Firkin
A free seamless background with pink spots.
Source V. Hartikainen
Imagine you zoomed in 1000X on some fabric. But then it turned out to be a skeleton!
Source Angelica
I’m not going to use the word Retina for all the new patterns, but it just felt right for this one. Huge wood pattern for ya’ll.
Source Atle Mo
A light brushed aluminum pattern for your pleasure.
Source Tim Ward
From a drawing in 'An Old Maid's Love. A Dutch tale told in English', Maarten Maartens, 1891.
Source Firkin
Dark, lines, noise, tactile. You get the drift.
Source Anatoli Nicolae
ZeroCC tileable stone texture, edited from pixabay. CC0
Source Sojan Janso
A criss-cross pattern similar to one I saw mown into a sports field.
Source Firkin
This pattern comes in orange, and it looks as if it is "made of glass".
Source V. Hartikainen
Not the most creative name, but it’s a good all-purpose light background.
Source Dmitry
Because I love dark patterns, here is Brushed Alum in a dark coating.
Source Tim Ward
From a drawing in 'Resa i Afrika, genom Angola, Ovampo och Damaraland', P. Moller, 1899.
Source Firkin
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
From a drawing in 'At home', J. Sowerby, J. Crane and T. Frederick, 1881.
Source Firkin
A huge one at 800x600px. Made from a photo I took going home after work.
Source Atle Mo
I have no idea how to describe this one, but it’s light and delicate.
Source JBasoo
I’m guessing this is related to the Sony Vaio? It’s a nice pattern no matter where it’s from.
Source Zigzain
Some more diagonal lines and noise, because you know you want it.
Source Atle Mo
This is a more minute version of "fishnet 01".The image depicts a seamless pattern of a fishnet with a plenty of fish.It may be a lucky charm for fishermen.
Source Yamachem
A rusty grunge background for websites. Feel free to use it in your site's theme.
Source V. Hartikainen
To get the tile this is based on, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Hexagonal dark 3D pattern. What more can you ask for?
Source Norbert Levajsics
A monochrome pattern from a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscaope and using shift+alt+i
Source Firkin